Handbook of Social Comparison

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Contributors. Preface. Part I: Introduction. 1. A Selective History of Classic and Neo Social Comparison Theory J. Suls, L. Wheeler. Part II: Foundations of Social Comparison. 2. Interpreting and Inventing Social Reality: Attributional and Constructive Elements in Social Comparison G.R. Goethals, W.M. Klein. 3. Stability of Related Attributes and the Inference of Ability through Social Comparison W.P. Smith, G.B. Arkelsson. 4. 'Can I Do X?' Using the Proxy Comparison Model to Predict Performance R. Martin. 5. Social Comparison and Influence in Groups D.R. Forsyth. 6. Opinion Comparison: The Role of the Corroborator, Expert and Proxy in Social Influence J. Suls. 7. Self-Evaluation Maintenance and Evolution S.R.H. Beach, A. Tesser. 8. Individual Differences in Social Comparison L. Wheeler. 9. Among the Better Ones: Upward Assimilation in Social Comparison R.L. Collins. 10. Assimilative and Contrastive Emotional Reactions to Upward and Downward Social Comparison R.H. Smith. 11. Examing Social Comparisons with the Test Selection Measure: Opportunities for the Researcher and the Research Participant J.V. Wood. 12. Social Comparison: Lessons from Basic Research on Judgment D.H. Wedell, A. Parducci. 13. Consequences of Social Comparison: Selective Accessibility, Assimilation, and Contrast T. Mussweiler, F. Strack. 14. Evaluating Social Comparison Targets M.D. Alicke. 15. Social Comparison, Affiliation, and Emotional Contagion Under Threat J.A. Kulik, H.I.M. Mahler. Part III: Related Social Phenomena. 16. The Projective Perception of the Social World: A Building Block of Social Comparison Processes J. Krueger. 17. Social Judgment as Implicit Social Comparison D. Dunning. 18. Comparing Comparisons: An Integrative Perspective on Social Comparisons and Counterfactual Thinking J.M. Olson, et al. Part IV: Applications. 19. Social Identity and Social Comparison M.A. Hogg. 20. Social Comparison and Fairness: A Counterfactual Simulations Perspective R. Folger, E.E. Kass. 21. Social Comparison Processes in Health and Illness H. Tennen, et al. Part V: Commentary. 22. Toward an Enlightenment in Social Comparison Theory: Moving Beyond Classic and Renaissance Approaches F.X. Gibbons, B.P. Buunk. Author Index. Subject Index.