Contextual Neglect, Self-Evaluation, and the Frog-Pond Effect

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 467-482

  Zell, Ethan ^a   Alicke, Mark D ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

affect; self evaluation; social comparison; social identity

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AFFECT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

AFFECT; AWARENESS; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 68949220852     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015453     Document Type: Article

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