Social comparison theory, initially proposed by social psychologist Leon Festinger in 1954, centers on the belief that individuals drive to gain accurate...
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physically, socially, or mentally better than oneself. Social comparison bias or social comparison theory is the idea that individuals determine their own worth...
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demonstrated in Asch experiments may contradict aspects of social comparison theory. Social comparison theory suggests that, when seeking to validate opinions and...
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Leon Festinger (category Jewish American social scientists)
February 1989) was an American social psychologist who originated the theory of cognitive dissonance and social comparison theory. The rejection of the previously...
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are relevant to self-esteem, by comparison to relevant others. Social exchange theory – is an economic social theory that assumes human relationships...
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such comparisons to entice people to purchase things so they compare more favorably with people who have these things. Social comparison theory, initially...
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Self-categorization theory Self-concept Self-enhancement Self-esteem Self-perception theory Self psychology Self-verification theory Social comparison theory Social identity...
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of social network analysis. The most prominent of these are Graph theory, Balance theory, Social comparison theory, and more recently, the Social identity...
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Hispanic paradox (section Social comparison theory)
Hispanics may be advantageous in health. Social comparison theory proposes that individuals make comparisons with others, most often those of a similar...
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Social exchange theory is a sociological and psychological theory that studies the social behavior in the interaction of two parties that implement a...
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Pairwise comparison (psychology), a test of psychology Social comparison theory, a branch of social psychology Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International...
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Group polarization (category Social psychology)
mechanisms remained, social comparison and informational influence. The social comparison theory, or normative influence theory, has been widely used...
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Cognitive dissonance (redirect from Cognitive dissonance theory)
was an American social psychologist whose contributions to psychology include the cognitive dissonance theory, social comparison theory, and the proximity...
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utility comparison is possible or not significantly alters the available mathematical structures for social welfare functions and social choice theory. In...
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Intrinsic theory of value Labour theory of value Marginalism Marketing Peer pressure Power theory of value Religious values Social comparison theory Use value...
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can be made between the two stated theories of social comparison and projection. First, as social comparison theory explains, individuals constantly look...
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action (sociology) Ochlocracy Peer pressure Psychology of religion Social comparison theory Spiral of silence Superorganism "Durkheim, Emile | Internet Encyclopedia...
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history that they can draw on during lonely moments. Attachment theory Social comparison theory Work-life balance Long-distance relationship Shared earning/shared...
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formulated by social psychologists Henri Tajfel and John Turner in the 1970s and the 1980s, social identity theory introduced the concept of a social identity...
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information by categorizing people into groups. Secondly, social comparison (see social comparison theory) means that people give a meaning to those categories...
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cognitive dissonance theory and social comparison theory Susan Fiske Erich Fromm Stanley O. Gaines Laszlo Garai - developed theory of social identity as mediating...
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Keeping up with the Joneses (category Social status)
English-speaking world referring to the comparison of oneself to one's neighbor, where the neighbor serves as a benchmark for social class or the accumulation of...
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Relative deprivation (redirect from Relative deprivation theory)
race Relative fitness Status symbol Social comparison theory Social media Social status Social stress Subjective theory of value Tocqueville effect Peter...
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Frog pond effect (category Communication theory)
effect is a part of the wider social comparison theory. It relates to how individuals evaluate themselves based on comparisons to other people around them...
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(psychology) Self-schema Social comparison theory Bem, D. J. (1967). ) According to Myers & Twenge (2019) self-perception theory is when people are unaware...
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Social cognitive theory (SCT), used in psychology, education, and communication, holds that portions of an individual's knowledge acquisition can be directly...
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leading to a catastrophic collapse in prices. In social theory, reflexivity may occur when theories in a discipline should apply equally to the discipline...
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react to it. There are many theories on the perception of our own behavior. Leon Festinger's 1954 social comparison theory posits that people evaluate...
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better-than-average effects." The hard-easy effect falls under the umbrella of "social comparison theory", which was originally formulated by Leon Festinger in 1954. Festinger...
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Marx's theory of alienation Social capital – Networks of relationships among people who live and work in a particular society Social comparison theory – Theory...
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