Concept information
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social psychology
interpersonal relationships
human relationships
cognitive processes in relationships
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micro-interactionist theory
social interaction
human relationships
cognitive processes in relationships
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social psychology
interpersonal relationships
human relationships
theoretical approaches to studying relationships
Preferred term
self-evaluation maintenance model
Definition
- How do people know who they are? Social psychologists have long noted that self-knowledge derives from social comparison processes. That is, people define their attributes based on how they perform relative to others. [Source: Encyclopedia of Human Relationships; Self-Evaluation Maintenance Model]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/self-evaluation_maintenance_model
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