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This volume is about understanding the 'self' from a scientific
perspective. The self is a well-established research area in a
variety of disciplines including clinical psychology,
communication, developmental psychology, social psychology and
sociology. This book pulls together, in one place, comprehensive
and interesting descriptions of some of the most stimulating, newly
emerging research programs on the self. Each chapter, by a leading
authority in the field, describes a unique research program, based
on solid empirical research. Contributing authors include a mix
between established names and emerging researchers whose mark on
the field will grow in years to come.
Self-perception and behavior do not occur in a social vacuum: who
we are, and what we do, is often a function of what other people
are and do. Others can inform us of who we are "I am the only sane
person here," or where we stand "I am quite intelligent compare to
him"; others can inspire us "I want to be like her," or discourage
us "I can never be like her." In effect, social comparison is a
fundamental process of self-conception through the perception of
others-self, as it is identified with others.
"Social Comparison Theories: Key" "Readings" offers a core and
comprehensive collection of readings that focus on the motivations
and mechanisms underlying social comparison effects, the role of
social comparison processes in everyday life, the similarities and
differences between interpersonal and inter-group social
comparisons, and the strategies people employ to disregard
detrimental social comparison outcomes. This volume of works shows
the wide range of topics that concern social comparisons
researchers and also the shared beliefs that bind them together.
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