Social comparison, social justice, and relative deprivation
Subtitle: theoretical, empirical, and policy perspectives
By: edited by John C. Masters, William P. Smith.
Contributors: Masters, John C.; Smith, William P., 1936-
Publisher: L. Erlbaum Associates; Psychology Press
Published: 1987
Place of publication: Hillsdale, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 306
Subjects: Social perception.; Social justice.; Deprivation (Psychology)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Generic comparison processes in human judgement and behavior / John C. Masters and Linda Keil; title: Social comparison and achievement evaluation in children / William P. Smith, Emily Davidson, and Ann-Claire France-Kaatrude; title: Social comparison and self-evaluation in the classroom / Diane Ruble and Karen Frey; title: Social comparison and outcome evaluation in group contexts / John Levine and Richard Moreland; title: The nature of the justice motive / Harry T. Reis; title: Experimental studies of the effects of different systems of distributive justice / Morton Deutsch; title: The importance of context for assessing deservingness / Deborah A. Prentice and Faye Crosby; title: Reformulating the preconditions of resentment / Robert Folger; title: The mainstream and the underclass / Thomas D. Cook and Thomas R. Curtin; title: Lost in thought at the choice point / William G. Graziano.