Jennifer Zerbst
Biographic Data
| ID | 4235779 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jennifer Zerbst |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jennifer |
| FAMILY NAME | Zerbst |
| SIGNATURE | ZERBST J |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 1 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The person who out performs me is a genius: Maintaining perceived competence in upward social comparison
People have many ways of protecting themselves against unfavorable social comparisons. Sometimes, however, the unfavorableness of a comparison is too unambiguous to deny. In such circumstances, people may indirectly protect their self-images by exaggerating the ability of those who outperform them. Aggrandizing the outperformer is conceived to be a construal mechanism that permits inferior performers to deflect the self-esteem threat of being out…
The person who out performs me is a genius: Maintaining perceived competence in upward social comparison
People have many ways of protecting themselves against unfavorable social comparisons. Sometimes, however, the unfavorableness of a comparison is too unambiguous to deny. In such circumstances, people may indirectly protect their self-images by exaggerating the ability of those who outperform them. Aggrandizing the outperformer is conceived to be a construal mechanism that permits inferior performers to deflect the self-esteem threat of being out…
The person who out performs me is a genius: Maintaining perceived competence in upward social comparison
People have many ways of protecting themselves against unfavorable social comparisons. Sometimes, however, the unfavorableness of a comparison is too unambiguous to deny. In such circumstances, people may indirectly protect their self-images by exaggerating the ability of those who outperform them. Aggrandizing the outperformer is conceived to be a construal mechanism that permits inferior performers to deflect the self-esteem threat of being out…
Competence (human resources (1 works) · Construal level theory (1 works) · Cultural Differences and Values (1 works) · Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion (1 works) · Developmental psychology (1 works) · Genius (1 works) · Perception (1 works) · Personality (1 works) · Psychology (1 works) · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (1 works)