Social Comparison, Judgment, and Behavior Jerry Suls 1st Edition

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• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0190629118
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0190629113
• Author: Jerry Suls, Rebecca L. Collins, Ladd Wheeler

Comparison with other people, a core element of social life, influences self-concept, attitudes, conformity, psychological and physical well-being, achievement, educational outcomes, and social movements. Social comparison has become particularly salient as social and income inequalities have been increasingly recognized in the United States and elsewhere globally.

This volume presents classic and state-of-the-science chapters by leading experts that survey the major areas of social comparison theory and research. Authored by noted experts, the volume is divided into three sections: Basic Comparison Processes, Neighboring Fields, and Applications. The first section is comprised of chapters that update classic theories and present contemporary advances, such as the dominating effect of local versus global comparisons, an analysis of the psychology of competition, how comparisons across different domains influence self-concept and achievement, and the integral connections between stereotyping and comparison. The second section introduces perspectives from related fields, such as the decision and network sciences, that shed new light on social comparison. The third section focuses on practical applications of comparison, including relative deprivation, health psychology, the effects of income inequality on well-being, and the relationship of power to comparison. This volume is a must-read for anyone interested in the field of social comparison and its implications for everyday life.

Table of contents:

Section I Basic Processes

Chapter 1. A History of Social Comparison

Chapter 2. How Social Comparison Affects the Self: The Selective Accessibility Mechanism

Chapter 3. Looking Up and Ahead: The Social Comparison of Abilities, Personal Attributes and Opinions

Chapter 4. Individual Differences in Social Comparison: The Complex Effects of Social Comparison Orientation

Chapter 5. Social Comparison Before, During, and After the Competition

Chapter 6. Effects of local and global comparisons on self-assessment

Chapter 7. Agency and Communion in Social Comparison

Chapter 8. Dimensional Comparison Theory: Extending the Internal/External Frame of Reference Model

Chapter 9. Envy and Social Comparison Envy

Chapter 10. Stereotypes and Relative Social Status in Social Comparisons

Chapter 11. Perils of Outperforming Others

Chapter 12. Temporal Comparisons in a Social World

Section II Neighboring Fields

Chapter 13. Local comparisons and general standards: Implications for Superiority and Inferiority Biases

Chapter 14. Comparing One and Many: Insights from Judgment and Decision Making for Social Comparison

Chapter 15. Approaches to Comparison and Their Influence on Social Comparison

Chapter 16. How Social Networks Can Inform Social Comparison

Chapter 17. The Evolutionary Roots of Social Comparisons

Section III Applications

Section 18. Relative Deprivation Theory: Advances and Applications

Chapter 19. Health Cognitions, Decision Making, and Behavior: The Ubiquity of Social Comparison

Chapter 20. Social Dominance Theory and Comparison

Chapter 21. Myopia of the Masses: Relative Deprivation, Comparative Scope, and System Justification

Chapter 22. Income Inequality and Well-being: The Role of Social Comparison

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