Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-220) and indexes.
Contents:
Standards and expectancies: an introduction and overview -- Judging others and the self: contextual factors affecting assimilation and contrast -- Models of assimilation and contrast -- Self and other exemplars as standards for judging others -- Stereotypes and stereotyping of others -- Beyond assimilation: toward a broader view of stereotyping effects -- Internalized guides as standards for judging the self -- Stereotypes as standards for judging the self: self-stereotyping -- Other people as standards: social comparison -- Assimilation and contrast revisited.
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