Social Comparisons and Deception Across Workplace Hierarchies: Field and Experimental Evidence

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin Edelman ◽  
Ian Larkin
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Evidence ◽  
Social Comparisons

Social Comparisons in Novel Situations

2012 ◽  
Vol 38 (8) ◽  
pp. 985-996 ◽  
Author(s):  
Penelope Lockwood ◽  
Sarah C. Shaughnessy ◽  
Jennifer L. Fortune ◽  
Man-On Tong
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Evidence ◽  
Social Comparisons ◽  
Life Transition ◽  
Cultural Environment ◽  
Sense Of Control ◽  
Novel Environment ◽  
Future Success ◽  
Significant Life ◽  
Environment Study ◽  
Future Outcomes

The authors propose that individuals transitioning to a novel environment will prefer upward comparisons, particularly those made with individuals who have experienced a similar transition. Such comparisons help to reduce uncertainty and demonstrate that future success is possible. Study 1 found that individuals facing transitions to unfamiliar situations seek upward comparisons as a result of their uncertainty. Study 2 demonstrated that individuals who perceive themselves to be making a significant life transition are especially motivated by upward comparisons. Study 3 provided evidence that upward comparisons are especially inspiring to individuals making a transition to a novel cultural environment. Study 4 provided experimental evidence that individuals in a novel cultural environment are particularly inspired by upward comparisons with other newcomers. These studies suggest that upward comparisons with individuals who have experienced a similar transition enhance individuals’ sense of control over future outcomes and play a key role during adjustment to novel environments.

Social comparisons across cultures II: Change and stability in self-views – experimental evidence

2009 ◽  
pp. 318-344
Author(s):  
S. Guimond ◽  
A. Chatard ◽  
N. R. Branscombe ◽  
S. Brunot ◽  
A. P. Buunk ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Evidence ◽  
Social Comparisons

scholarly journals Social Comparisons in Wage Delegation: Experimental Evidence

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gary Charness ◽  
Ramón Cobo-Reyes ◽  
Juan A. Lacomba ◽  
Francisco Lagos ◽  
Jose Maria Perez Sanchez
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Evidence ◽  
Social Comparisons

scholarly journals Social comparisons in wage delegation: experimental evidence

2015 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 433-459 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gary Charness ◽  
Ramón Cobo-Reyes ◽  
Juan A. Lacomba ◽  
Francisco Lagos ◽  
Jose Maria Perez
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Evidence ◽  
Social Comparisons

scholarly journals Social comparisons and reference group formation: Some experimental evidence

2013 ◽  
Vol 79 ◽  
pp. 75-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ian M. McDonald ◽  
Nikos Nikiforakis ◽  
Nilss Olekalns ◽  
Hugh Sibly
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Evidence ◽  
Reference Group ◽  
Group Formation ◽  
Social Comparisons

How do memory modules differentially contribute to familiarity and recollection?

2019 ◽  
Vol 42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olya Hakobyan ◽  
Sen Cheng
Keyword(s):  
Recognition Memory ◽  
Experimental Evidence ◽  
Subjective Experience ◽  
Target Article ◽  
Memory Modules ◽  
Familiarity And Recollection ◽  
Memory Contents

Abstract We fully support dissociating the subjective experience from the memory contents in recognition memory, as Bastin et al. posit in the target article. However, having two generic memory modules with qualitatively different functions is not mandatory and is in fact inconsistent with experimental evidence. We propose that quantitative differences in the properties of the memory modules can account for the apparent dissociation of recollection and familiarity along anatomical lines.

Redox Reactions in Lipid Membranes as a Model for Primordial Energy-Conserving Systems

1997 ◽  
Vol 161 ◽  
pp. 437-442
Author(s):  
Salvatore Di Bernardo ◽  
Romana Fato ◽  
Giorgio Lenaz
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Evidence ◽  
Lipid Membranes ◽  
Energy Supply ◽  
Redox Reactions ◽  
Living Systems ◽  
Asymmetric Distribution ◽  
Conservation Of Energy ◽  
Asymmetrical Distribution ◽  
Energy Conserving ◽  
Living Organisms

AbstractOne of the peculiar aspects of living systems is the production and conservation of energy. This aspect is provided by specialized organelles, such as the mitochondria and chloroplasts, in developed living organisms. In primordial systems lacking specialized enzymatic complexes the energy supply was probably bound to the generation and maintenance of an asymmetric distribution of charged molecules in compartmentalized systems. On the basis of experimental evidence, we suggest that lipophilic quinones were involved in the generation of this asymmetrical distribution of charges through vectorial redox reactions across lipid membranes.

A Method for Setting the Clearance Angle

1972 ◽  
Vol 30 ◽  
pp. 388-389
Author(s):  
Michael T. Bucek ◽  
Howard J. Arnott
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Evidence ◽  
Light Source ◽  
Black Spot ◽  
Critical Factor ◽  
Clearance Angle ◽  
Crude Approximation ◽  
Ultrathin Sections

It is believed by the authors, with supporting experimental evidence, that as little as 0.5°, or less, knife clearance angle may be a critical factor in obtaining optimum quality ultrathin sections. The degree increments located on the knife holder provides the investigator with only a crude approximation of the angle at which the holder is set. With the increments displayed on the holder one cannot set the clearance angle precisely and reproducibly. The ability to routinely set this angle precisely and without difficulty would obviously be of great assistance to the operator. A device has been contrived to aid the investigator in precisely setting the clearance angle. This device is relatively simple and is easily constructed. It consists of a light source and an optically flat, front surfaced mirror with a minute black spot in the center. The mirror is affixed to the knife by placing it permanently on top of the knife holder.

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