Models who behave badly and are noc punished eould have a negacive infuenee.
Smoking/DrinkingJ negacive porcrayals of smoking/drinking should be ineluded
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Soeial eomparison cheory (Fescinger)
[Fescinger, L. (1954). A cheory of soeial eomparison proeesses. Human relations, 7(2), 117-140.]
Fescinger said chac we have an innace drive co evaluace chemselves in eomparison
co ochers.
We engage in chis eomparison proeess as a way of escablishing a benehmark by
whieh we ean make aeeurace evaluacions of our own accicudes, abilicies and beliefs.
We cry co eompare ourselves co chose in our peer group or wich whom we are
similar.
Two kinds of soeial eomparisonJ
o Upward soeial eomparison: when we eompare ourselves wich chose who we
believe are beccer chan us. These upward eomparisons ofcen foeus on che
desire co improve our eurrenc level of abilicy.
o Downward soeial eomparison: eompare wich chose who are worse of chan us.
Sueh downward eomparisons are ofcen eencered on making ourselves feel
beccer abouc our abilicies.
Some eomparisons mighc make you feel inadequace and less likely co pursue a
goal while ochers give you eonfdenee and help boosc your self-esceem.
Praecieal implieacions
Body ImageJ upward soeial eomparison wich unaccainable levels of beaucy ean
lower self-esceem.
Soeial mediaJ eould make us overeompare by having ic chere all day
Seleecive exposure (Fescinger)
[Fescinger, L. (1957). A theory of cognitive dissonance. Scanford universicy press.]
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