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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"social comparison information"”.
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The influence of personality type, social comparison information, and different rating settings on the accuracy and leniency of self-ratings
… conditions (Type A / B personality type, social comparison information, and public / private rating settings) that might facilitate more accurate, and less lenient self-ratings. Limited support was found for the research hypotheses. A number of theoretical and empirical explanations can be …
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Effects of context on the leniency, accuracy, and utility of self-appraisals of performance: social comparison information and purpose of appraisal
The current study examines the effects of social comparison information and purpose of appraisal on the leniency and accuracy of self-appraisals of performance. Previous research has shown that providing comparison information decreases the leniency and increases the accuracy of self-appraisals. …
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Risky Decision-making among Subgroups of Socially Anxious Individuals
Social anxiety represents an important individual characteristic that may moderate an individual’s decision to engage in risky behavior. Research indicates that there are two distinct groups of socially anxious individuals, an avoidance-oriented, risk-averse group, and an approach-oriented, …
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Investigating the Impact of Specific, Global, and Social Comparison Feedback on Safety Behaviors
… The relative impact of global, specific, and social comparison BB feedback on safety behaviors was assessed in the current study. A 2 Feedback Level (Specific, Global) X 2 Feedback Type (Social Comparison, No Social Comparison) analysis of covariance was used to test the hypothesis that …
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Social Comparison And Information Seeking: College Students' Sexual Health Information Management In The Context Of Online Support Groups
<p>Considering that information seekers often search and pay attention to others' stories and narratives about their health issues, the purpose of this dissertation is to investigate college students' information seeking process with regards to sexual health information in online support groups. …
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Young children's reasoning about their own and others' cognition
… relationship between uncertainty and information seeking. Chapter 4 considers how preschoolers use social comparison information to calibrate their self-directed learning, demonstrating that when a task is within children's zone of proximal development, observing evidence that peers …