This presentation discusses social comparison theory and the types of social comparisons. It introduces social comparison theory, proposed by Leon Festinger, which is the tendency for people to compare themselves to others in their social group. There are two types of social comparisons: upward comparisons, which involve comparing oneself to someone perceived as better, and downward comparisons, which involve comparing oneself to someone perceived as worse. The presentation notes that both types of comparisons can have positive or negative effects and discusses examples of each. It also discusses the role social media plays in enabling social comparisons and how comparing one's real life to an idealized version of others' lives online can negatively impact self-esteem.

1. Psychology Presentation
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2. Social
Comparison

3. Introduction to Social Comparison
Social comparison theory was first proposed in 1954 by psychologist Leon
Festinger. He proposed that all the people living in a particular society have
tendancy or chances to compare any aspects of their life with others. This
phenomenon is known as Social Comparison.

4. Types of Comparison
Social Comparison has two types
1. Upward Comparison
2. Downward Comparison
Both kinds of comparison have posiitve and negative effects we should focus
on that kinds of comparison in our life which had postive effects on our life not
negative

5. Upward
Comparison
When we compare ourselves with a person of upper
standards of living, with better, looks, wealth, skills,
abilities, and intelligence. This kind of comparison is
known as upward Comparison.
For example : We are comparing our self with a friend
who is a good player of badminton.
Now we have two approaches a positive approach with
positive outcome which is that we set his skills and
ability in cricket as a bench mark and start hardworking
until we achieve that and other is we sit down and star
thinking that we are physically inferior and never play
cricket like him.

6. Downward
Comparison
Comparing ourself with people of lower living standards
with less money, abilities, skills and intelligence means
doward comparison.
For example : Comparing ourself with a student with lower
academic performance.
But the positive behaviour is not to degrade the person and
did not think that we are the msot intelligent student on the
planet and stop doing any extra effort. And if we are
mentally stressed by doing upward Comparison that
everyone is superior from us so we can mentally spoon our
mind by doing downward Comparison that some people are
also below from us.

7. Role of Social media In
Social Comparisons
Most people post about the highlights of
their lives such as celebrations, vacations,
travel and achievements, rather than the
everyday details that make up the vast
majority of our lives, let alone their darker
or less laudable moments. On some level,
we usually understand that what we see in
the posts of others is highlights rather
than a reflection of the whole.
Nevertheless, we often compare our own
real lives to an idealized version of the
lives of others, based on their posts, which
can lead to feelings of inferiority. At the
same time, those whose online personas
contrast sharply with reality may also
suffer from a loss of self-esteem.
Facebook comments, likes and shares
also provide fodder for comparisons.

8. The End
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