Hidden Advantages and Disadvantages of Social Class: How Classroom Settings Reproduce Social Inequality by Staging Unfair Comparison

Psychological Science

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 162-170

  Goudeau, Sébastien ^a   Croizet, Jean Claude ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

Author keywords

academic achievement; open data; open materials; social comparison; sociocultural factors; socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; RECOGNITION; SOCIAL CLASS; STUDENT;

ACHIEVEMENT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL CLASS; STUDENTS;

EID: 85011928671     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797616676600     Document Type: Article

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