Social comparison choices in the classroom: further evidence for students' upward comparison tendency and its beneficial impact on performance

By Pascal Huguet, F. Dumas, J. Monteil, Nicolas Genestoux. 2001

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Subfields: Education, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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Social Comparison in the Classroom: A Review (2008, background): “Similar findings have been reported by Chanal and Sarrazin (2007), Dumas et al. (2005), Golden and Cherry (1982), Huguet et al. (2001), and Régner and Monteil (2007).”
Engaging in upward and downward comparisons as a determinant of relative deprivation at work: A longitudinal study (2003, result): “While previous research has shown that those who compare their test results with better performing others, show an improvement in their test scores at a later point in time (e.g., Blanton et al., 1999; Huguet et al., 2001), the present study shows that in addition to the frequency of engaging in upw”
The Big-Fish-Little-Pond Effect: What Do We Know and Where Do We Go from Here? (2008, background): “Marsh (1987) noted that the BFLPE might be smaller for older students, as they “typically have some basis for the assessment of their own academic skills that is independent of the performances of their classmates, and they often know how the average ability level of their classmates compares with s”
Affective Response to Social Comparison in the Classroom (2005, background): “In the context of education, two independent studies among high school students showed that, on average, students preferred to compare their grades in a variety of subjects with those of other students who did slightly better than they (Blanton et al., 1999; Huguet et al., 2001).”
The Big-fish–little-pond-effect Stands Up to Critical Scrutiny: Implications for Theory, Methodology, and Future Research (2008, background): “Nevertheless, when asked to choose target persons with whom to compare themselves, SCT research shows that participants typically choose targets who are similar or slightly better than themselves (i.e., upward rather than downward; see Blanton et al. 1999; Huguet et al. 2001; Suls and Wheeler 2000).”