28 results for „social comparison theory“
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magazine issue | 12/2012
Job insecurity climate: On shared perceptions of job insecurity
... not arise out of nothing. They are of course embedded in a social context. Consider the ‘second great contraction’, the financial ... job insecurity are perceived. Specifically, social cognitive theory explains how behavior, cognition or other personal factors and context ... Festinger, L. (1954). A Theory of Social Comparison Processes. Human Relations, 7, 117-40. doi: ... / more
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magazine issue | 02/2013
Justice seems not to be for all: Exploring the scope of justice
... This paper intends to clarify the concept and explain how social psychologists work with it in real-life contexts. We argue that the ... or a desire to compete. When we talk about group comparison, the ingroup and the outgroup are salient for those ... / more
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magazine issue | 05/2012
When conversations flow
... flow provides people with a feeling of belonging and social validation , independently from the content of the conversation ... & Bacon. Festinger, L. (1954). A theory of social comparison processes. Human Relations, 7, 117-140. doi: ... / more
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magazine issue | 02/2012
Would you recognize the perpetrator? What do you need to know when you have to make an identification from a lineup?
... manner in which the lineup is presented. Furthermore, social and meta-cognitive influences also play an important role (Brewer, ... or not. Because of the absence of other possibilities of comparison, a comparison between the memory of the perpetrator and the ... / more
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magazine issue | 02/2012
When the thought of yourself nags you: How failure to attain cultural standards brings suicide on the fringe of consciousness
... further developed by Roy Baumeister (1990), who advanced a social-psychological theory of suicide as resulting from a motivation to escape ... thought accessibility Everyone fails once in a while in comparison to some standard, and failure fortunately does not immediately ... / more
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magazine issue | 02/2012
The dish on gossip: Its origins, functions, and bad reputation
... It has been estimated that most of our daily conversation is social in nature (that is, about people, rather than. say, work or the weather) ... ourselves, and it does this through the process of social comparison . According to social comparison theory (Festinger, 1954), ... / more
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magazine issue | 02/2008
The Naked Power: Understanding Nonverbal Communications of Power
... these ideas are often exaggerated and misguided. Likewise, social psychologists still have no good understanding of the nonverbal cues ... the communication of status by how much of the body in comparison to the face is visible in a portrait. The second example concerns ... / more
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magazine issue | 10/2007
There’s Something About Zero
... of synaesthesia research, but (as is appropriate for a social psychology magazine) I have chosen a final use that has social ... Varieties of grapheme-colour synaesthesia : A new theory of phenomenological and behavioural differences. Consciousness and ... Ward, J., Simner, J. and Auyeung, V. (2005). A comparison of lexical-gustatory and grapheme-colour synaesthesia ... / more
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magazine issue | 06/2007
Are Blonds Really Dumb?
... of African-Americans was subliminally primed. In comparison to a neutrally primed control group, these participants reacted with ... J. A., Chen, M., & Burrows, L. (1996). Automaticity of social behavior: Direct effects of trait construct and stereotype ... / moreHere you can search the entire InMind magazine for any content of your choice. You can reduce your search results by selecting one or more filter options in the right column.