social comparison
reflected glory
-Sometimes we want our friends and those we are connected to, to do well -Sometimes it makes us feel bad when our friends do well.
social comparison theory
-Upward comparisons to someone better o Upward make us feel bad bc we are looking at someone better -Downward comparisons to someone worse o Downward makes us feel better bc we are looking at worse
Self-Enhancement vs. Self-Verification Theories
Self-Enhancement (wants to hear what they want even if not true): Pushes for positivity -Want to be liked by others (Hypothesis 5) Self-Verification (wants to know truth): Pushes for consistency -Want to be accurately known by others (Hypothesis 5)
How do we know what kind of person we are and how good we are at different things?
We compare ourselves to others to find out where we stand Social comparison allows us to LEARN about ourselves or FEEL GOOD about ourselves (but rarely both) -Hypoth 5: Accuracy and likability motives
Self-Evaluation Maintenance Theory
•we are happy when they do things that don't matter to us •not happy when they do and succeed at things that do matter to us
