UID:
almafu_9960117254102883
Format:
1 online resource (xiii, 254 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
1-107-72244-6
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1-107-72015-X
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1-107-72760-X
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1-139-03558-4
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1-107-72358-2
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1-107-73171-2
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1-107-72996-3
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1-107-72820-7
Content:
The extent to which we see ourselves as similar or different from others in our lives plays a key role in getting along and participating in social life. This volume identifies research relevant to such communal functions of social comparisons and summarizes and organizes this research within a single, coherent conceptual framework. The volume provides an important addition to current thinking about social comparison, which has often neglected communal and affiliative functions. Whereas human desire to compare with others has traditionally been viewed as motivated by self-centered needs such as self-evaluation, self-enhancement, and self-improvement, this book presents an eclectic cross-section of research that illuminates connective, cooperative, and participatory functions of social comparisons. In this vein, the book aims both to expose research on currently neglected functions of social comparisons and to motivate a broader theoretical integration of social comparison processes.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
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Cover; Half-title; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Figures; Tables; Contributors; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Communion in social comparison - Back to the roots; Communal Functions of Social Comparison: An Introduction; On the "Social" in Social Comparison; Back to the Roots (of Social Comparison Theory); Overview of Contributions; Part I: Core Considerations; Part II: Individual Level; Part III: Group Level; Part IV: The Sociocultural Level; Conclusion; References; Part I Core Considerations; 1 Agency and communion in social comparisons; Social Comparisons Are Intrinsically Social
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Agency and CommunionComparison Direction; Connective and Contrastive Comparisons and Communal Feelings; Connective and Contrastive Comparisons as Surrounding Attributes; Horizontal Comparisons Guide the Choice of Comparison Targets; Horizontal Comparisons Moderate the Implications of Vertical Comparisons; Interactions and Trade-Offs Between Agency and Communion; Agency and Communion with Desirable and Undesirable Targets; Agency and Communion in Modeling and Conformity; Agency and Communion in Cooperative Relationships; Situational Influences on Communal Motives and Experiences
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Effects of Feeling CloseEffects of Interacting; Effects of Target-Attribute; Effects of Research Situations; Summary and Conclusion; References; 2 Social comparison in identity theory; Identity Theory; Defining an Identity; The Identity Process; The Social Comparison Process; Person Identities; Role Identities; Social Identities; Person, Role, and Social Identities: A Postscript; Integrative and Communal Functions; Conclusion; References; 3 When comparisons divide: Invidious emotions and their social control; The Role of Equality in Biological and Social History; The "Egalitarian Caveman"
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Civilization and Its InequalitiesEmpirical Work on Emotional Reactions to Inequality; Resentment; Appraisal of an Unfair Disadvantage; Appraisal of Moderate Feasibility; Domain of Inequality: External Conditions; Inferiority; Appraisal of Fair Disadvantage; Domain of Inequality: Dispositional and Very Low Feasibility; Envy; Appraisal of Subjective Unfairness; Appraisal of Low Feasibility; Domain of Inequality: Dispositional or External; Ressentiment; How Societies and Individuals Mitigate Negative Effects of Inequality; Prevention; Rationalization; The Just-World Motive
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System Justification TheoryConclusion; References; Part II Individual Level; 4 Sparing others through social comparison; Do Outperformers Care About Sparing Others?; When Do Outperformers Try to Spare Others?; Strategies for Sparing Others; Self-Lowering Strategies for Sparing Others; Self-Lowering Strategies: Do They Work?; Other-Enhancing Strategies for Sparing Others; Other-Enhancing Strategies: Do They Work?; Relationship-Building Strategies for Sparing Others; Relationship-Building Strategies: Do They Work?; Other Strategies for Dealing with STTUC; Strategies Summary
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Choosing an Effective Strategy
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-521-11949-9
Language:
English
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139035583
