Evaluating a Sex Related Ability: Social Comparison with Similar Others and Standard.

Zanna, Mark P.; And Others

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Publication Date: 1975

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Evaluating a Sex Related Ability: Social Comparison with Similar Others and Standard

Zanna, Mark P.; And Others

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 11, 1, 86-93, Jan 75

The purpose of the present study is to reevaluate Festinger's similarity hypothesis and to investigate the relative strengths of the desire to compare with similar others and the desire to compare with those who are best off. (Author)

Descriptors: Psychological Studies, Research Methodology, Sex Differences, Social Psychology, Tables (Data)

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