Envy up, scorn down: How comparison divides us

American Psychologist

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 698-706

  Fiske, Susan T ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Envy; Power; Scorn; Social comparison; Status

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARDS AND PRIZES; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; JEALOUSY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

AWARDS AND PRIZES; HUMANS; JEALOUSY; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIETIES, SCIENTIFIC; STEREOTYPING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78549257418     PISSN: 0003066X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0003-066X.65.8.698     Document Type: Article

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