The Effects of Relevance and Quality of Another's Performance on Interpersonal Closeness
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When a performance dimension is low in relevance, the more a confederate outperforms a subject, the more the subject perceives the confederate as similar to himself or herself.
“They found that, when the performance dimension was low in relevance, the more a confederate outperformed a subject, the more the subject perceived the confederate as similar to himself or herself.”
From The Causes and Consequences of a Need for Self-Esteem: A Terror Management Theory (1986) · cites this paper as Pleban & Tesser, 1981
When a performance dimension is high in relevance, the more a confederate outperforms a subject, the less the subject perceives the confederate as similar to himself or herself.
“However, when the performance was high in relevance and, therefore, similarity would imply that a potentially threatening social comparison would be appropriate, the more the confederate outperformed a subject, the less the subject perceived the confederate as similar to himself or herself.”
From The Causes and Consequences of a Need for Self-Esteem: A Terror Management Theory (1986) · cites this paper as Pleban & Tesser, 1981
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- Authors
- Pleban, R., & Tesser, A.
- Venue
- Social Psychology Quarterly
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 1981-09
- Volume
- 44
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 278
- ISSN
- 0190-2725 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2335129188
- Cited by
- 137
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 4.38
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Social Psychology Quarterly (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social Power and Status Dynamics
- Keywords
- relationship closeness, performance quality, interpersonal perception
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