Avishalom Tor

TL;DR: The present analysis reveals that the degree of competition between commensurate rivals depends on their proximity to a meaningful standard, and examines the psychological processes underlying this phenomenon to reveal that similarity to a standard exerts a direct impact on the basic unidirectional drive upward, beyond the established effects of commensurability and dimension relevance.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors propose a new model that distinguishes between individual and situational factors that increase social comparison and thus lead to a range of competitive attitudes and behavior, which is an important source of competitive behavior.

TL;DR: Garcia et al. as discussed by the authors showed that an upward comparison on the scale (e.g., being surpassed in rank), rather than in the mere task (i.e., being outperformed), is necessary to generate competition among rivals proximate to a standard.

TL;DR: Garcia et al. as mentioned in this paper showed that an upward comparison on the scale (e.g., being surpassed in rank), rather than in the mere task (e., being outperformed), is necessary to generate competition among rivals proximate to a standard.