Talk:Motivation and emotion/Book/2014/Social comparison and motivation

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Does anyone genuinely believe that their lives are lesser in meaning than another individual's because that person has "more"? Why do you believe this, and does it have an effect your personal life goals?

Hi, your page is looking great! good use of the picture! Just to let you know, I'm currently editing Social Media and Motivation (What motivaties social media use) and have linked your page onto mine, as I've found that a motivation for people to use social media is to socially compare themselves with others. A possible topic you could consider in your contents is 'modes of socially comparing' and if this suits then feel free to link back to mine too :) Can Rogerthat (discuss • contribs) 06:15, 20 October 2014 (UTC)--Can Rogerthat (discuss • contribs) 06:15, 20 October 2014 (UTC)

Just changed your images to be of APA formatting as well :) --Can Rogerthat (discuss • contribs) 01:08, 26 October 2014 (UTC)

Ideas
This is such an interesting topic! I am excited to see where it goes in the next week. I like your structure so far; especially the questions at the start to create an understanding for the reader and how and why this topic is relevant to them. I was wondering if you could add in your section about 'what motivates people into wanting more' - you could discuss advertising? As it is a relevant aspect to many people… anyone who owns a radio, car, tv for example. The first article introduces the idea of advertising and social comparison, middle article discusses women specifically and social comparison, the final one mentions the theory you have discussed initially at the start of your article and incorporates advertising's role in social comparison. I am sure your already on a role with everything but this is just an idea if your in need of another point of view for the readers. Good luck :):)

Some ideas -

http://www.acrwebsite.org/search/view-conference-proceedings.aspx?Id=5973

http://nedic.ca/sites/default/files/files/Does-size-matter-impact-models-body-size-womens-body-focused-anxiety-advertising-effectiveness.pdf

http://www.owlnet.rice.edu/~ajv2/courses/12c_psyc438001/Karau%20&%20Williams%20(1993).pdf

--Jessiek86 (discuss • contribs) 08:51, 21 October 2014 (UTC)

Late ideas
At this late stage, I'll only provide suggestions for small alterations you could make.

Overview section 1st paragraph: change favors to favours (Australian spelling) 2nd paragraph: opening line contains a direct quote but no page number is given. Also, use double quotation marks ("text") instead of single ones ('text').

Festinger's Social Comparison Theory section 1st paragraph: another direct quote with no page number. Remember to use direct quotes sparingly.

Overall suggestions: Make images bigger to add colour to your page and break it up more. Also, use captions on you images. N8. (discuss • contribs) 02:01, 26 October 2014 (UTC)

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