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1. Assimilation and Contrast in Social Psychology

   Edited by Diederik A. Stapel, Jerry Suls

   Despite the importance and amount of research activity devoted to assimilation and contrast processes by social psychologists, there has been no volume that is devoted to this topic. Assimilation and Contrast in Social Psychology consists of original essays on classic and contemporary developments...

   Published January 14th 2007 by Psychology Press
2. Social Comparison Theories

   Edited by Diederik A. Stapel, Hart Blanton

   Series: Key Readings in Social Psychology

   Self-perception and behavior do not occur in a social vacuum: who we are, and what we do, is often a function of what other people are and do. Others can inform us of who we are ("I am the only sane person here"), or where we stand ("I am quite intelligent compared to him"); others can inspire us (...

   Published December 14th 2006 by Psychology Press
3. Building, Defending, and Regulating the Self

   A Psychological Perspective

   Edited by Abraham Tesser, Joanne V. Wood, Diederik A. Stapel

   This volume pulls together research on several aspects of the self. One set of chapters deals with the importance of building a self based on authenticity and "Who I really am."; a second group deals with the ways in which we defend views of the self as positive and powerful; a third group is...

   Published December 3rd 2004 by Psychology Press