Social Comparison Theories (Paperback)

Blanton, Stapel,Introduction to the History of Social Comparison. Part 1. Festinger. Festinger, Informal Social Communication (Psychological Review). Festinger, A Theory of Social Comparison Processes (Human Relations). Part 2. Comparison Motives: Classic Statements.Goethals, Darley,Social Comparison Theory: An Attributional Approach (in Suls & Miller (Eds.), Social Comparison Processes: Theoretical and Empirical Perspectives). Brickman, Janoff Bulman, Pleasure and Pain in Social Comparison Theory (in Suls & Miller (Eds.), Social Comparison Processes: Theoretical and Empirical Perspectives).Taylor, Lobel, Social Comparison Activity Under Threat: Downward Evaluation and Upward Contacts (Psychological Review). Tesser, Toward a Self-Evaluation Maintenance Model of Social Behavior (in Baumeister (Ed.), The Self in Social Psychology). Part 3. Threats and Inspiration. Buunk, Collins, Taylor, Dakof, Van Yperen, The Affective Consequences of Social Comparisons: Either Direction Has Its Ups and Downs (Journal of Personality and Social Psychology). Lockwood, Kunda, Superstars and Me: Predicting the Impact of Role Models on the Self (Journal of Personality and Social Psychology). Alicke, LoSchiavo, Zerbst, Zhang, The Person Who Outperforms Me IsA Genius: Maintaining Perceived Competencein Upward Social Comparison (Journal of Personality and Social Psychology). Gibbons, Benbow, Gerrard, From Top Dog to Bottom Half: Social Comparison Strategies in Response to Poor Performance (Journal of Personality and Social Psychology). Part 4. Breakdowns in Comparison. Weinstein, Unrealistic Optimism About Future Life Events (Journal of Personality and Social Psychology). Klein, Objective Standards Are Not Enough: Affective, Self-Evaluative, and Behavioral Responses to Social Comparison Information (Journal of Personality and Social Psychology). Moore, Kim, Myopic Social Prediction and the Solo Comparison Effect (Journal of Personality and Social Psychology). Schroeder, Prentice, Exposing Pluralistic Ignorance to Reduce Alcohol Use Among College Students (Journal of Applied Social Psychology). Part 5. Implications in Everyday Life. Nosanchuck, Erickson, How High Is Up? Calibrating Social Comparison in the Real World (Journal of Personality and Social Psychology). Marsh, Hau, Big-Fish-Little-Pond Effect on Academic Self-Concept: A Cross-Cultural (26-Country) Test of the Negative Effects of Academically Selective Schools (American Psychologist). Hagerty, Social Comparisons of Income in One's Community: Evidence from National Surveys of Income and Happiness (Journal of Personality and Social Psychology). Tiedens, Fragale, Power Moves: Complementarity in Dominant and Submissive Nonverbal Behavior (Journal of Personality and Social Psychology). Part 6. Social Identity and Reference Group Comparisons. Tajfel, Turner, The Social Identity Theory of Intergroup Behavior (in Worchel & William, Psychology of Intergroup Relations). Miller, Turnbull, McFarland, Particularistic and Universalistic Evaluation in the Social Comparison Process (Journal of Personality and Social Psychology). Crandall, Social Contagion of Binge Eating (Journal of Personality and Social Psychology). Major, Forcey, Social Comparisons and Pay Evaluations: Preferences for Same-Sex and Same-Job Wage Comparisons (Journal of Experimental Social Psychology). Blanton, Christie, Dye, Social Identity versus Reference Frame Comparisons: The Moderating Role of Stereotype Endorsement (Journal of Experimental Social Psychology). Part 7. Social Cognition.Gilbert, Giesler, Morris, When Comparisons Arise (Journal of Personality and Social Psychology).Stapel, Koomen, I, We, and the Effects of Others on Me: How Self-Construal LevelModerates Social Comparison Effects (Journal of Personality and Social Psychology). Mussweiler, Strack, The "Relative Self": Informational and Judgmental Consequences of Comparative Self-Evaluation (Journal of Personality and Social Psychology). Jordan, Zanna, Appendix. How to Read a Journal Article in Social Psychology.