Social comparison theory, initially proposed by social psychologist Leon Festinger in 1954, centers on the belief that individuals drive to gain accurate...

physically, socially, or mentally better than oneself. Social comparison bias or social comparison theory is the idea that individuals determine their own worth...

demonstrated in Asch experiments may contradict aspects of social comparison theory. Social comparison theory suggests that, when seeking to validate opinions and...

February 1989) was an American social psychologist who originated the theory of cognitive dissonance and social comparison theory. The rejection of the previously...

are relevant to self-esteem, by comparison to relevant others. Social exchange theory – is an economic social theory that assumes human relationships...

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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of social network analysis. The most prominent of these are Graph theory, Balance theory, Social comparison theory, and more recently, the Social identity...

Hispanics may be advantageous in health. Social comparison theory proposes that individuals make comparisons with others, most often those of a similar...

Social exchange theory is a sociological and psychological theory that studies the social behavior in the interaction of two parties that implement a...

Pairwise comparison (psychology), a test of psychology Social comparison theory, a branch of social psychology Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International...

mechanisms remained, social comparison and informational influence. The social comparison theory, or normative influence theory, has been widely used...

was an American social psychologist whose contributions to psychology include the cognitive dissonance theory, social comparison theory, and the proximity...

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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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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history that they can draw on during lonely moments. Attachment theory Social comparison theory Work-life balance Long-distance relationship Shared earning/shared...

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...

information by categorizing people into groups. Secondly, social comparison (see social comparison theory) means that people give a meaning to those categories...

cognitive dissonance theory and social comparison theory Susan Fiske Erich Fromm Stanley O. Gaines Laszlo Garai - developed theory of social identity as mediating...

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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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...

(psychology) Self-schema Social comparison theory Bem, D. J. (1967). ) According to Myers & Twenge (2019) self-perception theory is when people are unaware...

Social cognitive theory (SCT), used in psychology, education, and communication, holds that portions of an individual's knowledge acquisition can be directly...

leading to a catastrophic collapse in prices. In social theory, reflexivity may occur when theories in a discipline should apply equally to the discipline...

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...

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...

Marx's theory of alienation Social capital – Networks of relationships among people who live and work in a particular society Social comparison theory – Theory...