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SOCIAL COMPARISON [9 records]

Record 1 2025-01-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Psychology
DEF

... the judgment that one is worse off compared to some standard accompanied by feelings of anger and resentment.

CONT

The concept of relative deprivation has been used to explain the fact that persons who could be much worse off than they are but still feel deprived in comparison with even more fortunate groups often play a prominent part in social movements.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie sociale
CONT

Le traitement différentiel suscitant le désengagement psychologique au travail a été évalué par le biais du concept de privation relative. Ce concept se traduit par un sentiment d'insatisfaction résultant d'une comparaison défavorable [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Psicología social
CONT

La "privación relativa" es la ausencia de bienes en relación con un grupo de referencia. Un individuo o una familia experimentan "privación relativa" cuando carece de bienes comunes en otros individuos y familias del entorno social.

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Record 2 2024-10-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Problems
  • Economic and Industrial Sociology
  • Economics
  • Social Policy
CONT

A low-income household is a household whose income is low in comparison to a certain standard : the standard can be set with respect to typical income levels in that country, the costs of satisfying basic needs, a household's or population's subjective assessment, or social rights.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Problèmes sociaux
  • Sociologie économique et industrielle
  • Économique
  • Politiques sociales
DEF

Ménage dont le revenu est inférieur à un seuil de faible revenu donné.

Spanish

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Record 3 2024-04-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Economic and Industrial Sociology
  • Economic Planning
CONT

Taken together, these trends and pressures create an environment where public policy: ... often has increasingly critical implications for future social, economic and environmental well-being.

OBS

A general descriptive term for the well-being of society as a whole.... its measurement, or a comparison between the social welfare of two societies... is difficult.... Money can measure the Gross National Product, which has weaknesses as an indicator of social welfare.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sociologie économique et industrielle
  • Planification économique
OBS

[...] on peut adresser [des critiques] à la notion du revenu national, pris, par exemple, comme indicateur du bien-être collectif, même interprété en son sens strictement économique [...] [du fait qu'il ne tient] aucun compte de l'état de la répartition des revenus et qu'il ne [permet] pas de comptabiliser toutes les «nuisances» (encombrement, pollutions, bruit, etc.) qui accompagnent son accroissement [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sociología industrial y económica
  • Planificación económica
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Record 4 2014-10-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Psychology
  • Physical Education, Coaching and Sport Psychology
CONT

Social identity theory was developed by Tajfel and Turner in 1979. The theory was originally developed to understand the psychological basis of intergroup discrimination.

CONT

Social identity theory involves three central ideas : categorization, identification and comparison...

OBS

The basic idea is that we think of ourselves and others in terms of not only a personal self but also social identities. For example, the minimal group paradigm revealed that when people see themselves as belonging to different groups this can produce intergroup bias.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie sociale
  • Éducation physique, entraînement des athlètes et psychologie du sport
CONT

[...] selon la théorie de l'identité sociale, les attitudes envers autrui pourraient rapidement changer selon la position comme membre d'un groupe social (identité sociale) ou comme individu unique (identité personnelle).

CONT

La théorie de l'identité sociale suggère que les identifications collectives sont multiples et se recoupent largement. L'hypothèse que l'on peut se sentir à la fois Wallon, Belge, Européen, etc., y trouve donc un fondement théorique solide.

CONT

De fait, la TIS et la TAC [théorie de l'auto-catégorisation] ont une portée universelle ; leurs postulats sont censés s'appliquer à toute situation de relations intergroupes (TIS), voire à tout phénomène groupal (TAC).

Spanish

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Record 5 2011-06-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychology (General)
CONT

The author presents a model of self-awareness that proposes the existence of 3 sources of self-information. First, the social milieu includes early face-to-face interactions, self-relevant feedback, a social comparison mechanism that leads to perspective taking, and audiences. Second, contacts with objects and structures in the physical environment foster self–world differentiation in infants; this environment also contains self-focusing andreflecting stimuli, such as mirrors and video cameras. Third, the self can develop bodily awareness through proprioception and can reflect on itself using imagery and inner speech.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie (Généralités)
DEF

Connaissance intuitive que chacun possède de son existence et de ce qui se passe en lui, de ses pensées et de ses actes.

Spanish

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Record 6 2001-06-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Monographs
  • Economic Co-operation and Development
OBS

Indian and Northern Affairs Canada publication, Ottawa, 2000, 10 pages.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de monographies
  • Coopération et développement économiques
OBS

Publication du ministère des Affaires indiennes et du Nord Canada, Ottawa, 2000, 10 pages.

Spanish

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Record 7 1998-08-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Anthropology
DEF

The scientific investigation of the intellectual and moral qualities of man in comparison with those of his fellow beings, and in relation to his racial, social and environmental conditions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Anthropologie
DEF

Étude comparée des croyances et des institutions qui ont engendré des structures sociales.

Spanish

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Record 8 1993-11-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Psychology
DEF

The process by which people compare themselves with others when one is uncertain or uneasy about one’s attitudes or performance. In so doing one discovers the "proper" labels for oneself.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie sociale
DEF

Processus par lequel les individus se comparent aux autres et peuvent ainsi assurer à la fois leurs ressemblances et leurs différences avec autrui.

OBS

Terme connexe : comparaison évaluative.

Spanish

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Record 9 1984-08-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Psychology
  • Psychometry and Psychotechnology
OBS

A subjective standard for judging the outcomes of social interactions. Unsatisfactory outcomes fall below the comparison level, satisfactory outcomes are above it.

OBS

Note: Term defined in a specialized glossary of psychometrics.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie sociale
  • Psychométrie et psychotechnique

Spanish

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