Contextual neglect, self-evaluation, and the frog-pond effect
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6205433 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ethan Zell (0000-0002-8363-8418, Ohio University), Mark D Alicke (0000-0002-1060-2510, Ohio University) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 97 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 467-482 |
| Publication date | 2009-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-3514 • E-ISSN: 1939-1315 |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1037/a0015453 |
| PMID | 19686002 |
| OpenAlex | W1997255174 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 35 |
| References cited | 25 |
Social comparisons entail not only information about one's standing in a social group (intragroup or local comparison) but also information about the standing of the group in comparison to other groups (intergroup or general comparison). In Studies 1-3, the authors explored the relative impact of intergroup and intragroup comparisons on self-evaluations and affect. While intragroup comparison feedback consistently impacted self-evaluations and affect, intergroup comparison information exerted a significant impact only when intragroup comparison information was unavailable. The authors refer to this general tendency as contextual neglect. Studies 4 and 5 showed that contextual neglect is due primarily to the fact that low-level, local comparison information displaces or supersedes the effect of higher level, general comparison data and that people clearly recognize the superior diagnosticity of higher level comparisons while continuing to rely on small, haphazard sample data to evaluate their ability
Affect (linguistics) · Developmental psychology · Neglect · Social comparison theory · Behavioral Health and Interventions · Communication · Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics · Psychology · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 35 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,19 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2026 (17) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 33 |