Mere categorization and the frog-pond effect

Psychological Science

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 174-177

  Alicke, Mark D ^a   Zell, Ethan ^a   Bloom, Dorian L ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Frog pond effect; Self evaluation; Social comparison; Social identity

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; APTITUDE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENT; PSYCHOLOGY;

ACHIEVEMENT; APTITUDE; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LIE DETECTION; MALE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL VALUES; STUDENTS;

EID: 77951269407     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797609357718     Document Type: Article

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