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12 Cards in this Set
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DOWNWARD SOCIAL COMPARISON
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A COMPARISON WITH SOMEONE WHO DOES LESS WELL THAN THE SELF
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UPWARD SOCIAL COMPARISON
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A COMPARISON WITH SOMEONE WHO DOES BETTER THAN THE SELF
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SOCIAL COMPARISON THEORY
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-FESTINGER 1954
-PEOPLE COMPARE THEMSELVES TO OTHERS WHEN THERE IS NO OBJECTIVE YARDSTICK TO EVALUATE THE SELF AGAINST OTHERS' PERFORMANCE MOTIVE IS TO BE ACCURATE BUT PEOPLE ARE MORE INTERESTED IN FEELING GOOD ABOUT THE SELF THAN ACCURACY |
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SELF-EVALUATION MAINTENANCE MODEL
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-SUGGESTS THAT TO MAINTAIN A POSITIVE VIEW OF OURSELVES, WE DISTANCE FROM THOSE WHO PERFORM BETTER THAN US
-AND MOVE CLOSER TO THOSE WHO PERFORM WORSE -EX: TABOO GAME EXAMPLE |
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SOCIAL IDENTITY THEORY
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-SUGGESTS THAT TO MAINTAIN A POSITIVE VIEW OF OUR GROUP, WE MOVE CLOSER TO POSITIVE OTHERS WHO MAKE THE GROUP LOOK GOOD AND DISTANCE FROM THOSE WHO GIVE THE GROUP A NEGATIVE SOCIAL IDENDITY
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BLACK SHEEP EFFECT
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WHEN A MEMBER OF THE INGROUP BEHAVES IN A WAY THAT THREATENS THE VALUE OF THE GROUP IDENTITY AND IS INTENSELY DEROGATED AS A MEANS OF PROTECTING THE GROUP IDENTITY
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INGRATIATION
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THE ATTEMPT TO MAKE OTHERS LIKE US BY PRAISING THEM
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SELF-MONITORING
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REFERS TO HOW MOTIVATED AND ABLE PEOPLE ARE TO MONITOR THEIR BEHAVIOR IN RESPONSE TO OTHERS' EXPECTANCIES
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HIGH SELF MONITORS
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-CONCERNED WITH REACTIONS OF OTHERS
-VERY GOOD AT MONITORING THEIR BEHAVIOR -ADJUST ACTIONS IN FRONT OF OTHERS -USE THIRD PERSON PRONOUNCE -HAVE HIGHER SELF ESTEEM |
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LOW SELF-MONITORS
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-PREFER TO ACT CONSISTENTLY WITH THEIR PERSONAL VIEWS
-USE FIRST PERSON PRONOUNS AND HAVE LOWER SELF-ESTEEM |
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INTROSPECTION
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THE PROCESS OF LOOKING INWARD
PRIVATELY THINKING ABOUT WHO WE ARE |
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STEREOTYPE THREAT
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CAN OCCUR WHEN PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT THEY MIGHT BE JUDGED IN LIGHT OF A NEGATIVE STEREOTYPE ABOUT THEIR GROUP
OR THAT THEY MIGHT confirm a negative stereotype of their group |
