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| Author: | Pelham, B. Wachsmuth, J. |
| Title: | The waxing and waning of the social self: assimilation and contrast in social comparison |
| Journal: | Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
1995 : NOV, VOL. 69:5, p. 825-838 |
| Index terms: | SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY INDIVIDUAL BEHAVIOUR PERCEPTION |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | Past research has revealed that social comparisons often lead to contrast effects in self-evaluation (such that people who encounter a highly talented person come to feel less talented by comparison). In this report, however, it is argued that when people possess confidently held self-views in a particular area, they are unlikely to engage in explicit social comparisons with close others. Instead, they assume that because "birds of a feather flock together", the strengths and weaknesses of their close relationship partners reflect directly (rather than comparatively) on themselves. |
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