Essay 2.5 - Big-fish-little-pond effect : Universality of psychological comparison processes
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Marsh, Herbert W. and Basarkod, Geetanjali. (2023). Essay 2.5 - Big-fish-little-pond effect : Universality of psychological comparison processes. In In Bong, Mimi, Reeve, Johnmarshall and Sung-il, Kim (Ed.). Motivation Science : Controversies and Insights pp. 100 - 107 Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197662359.003.0017
Authors | Marsh, Herbert W. and Basarkod, Geetanjali |
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Editors | Bong, Mimi, Reeve, Johnmarshall and Sung-il, Kim |
Abstract | Self-concepts are based on objective accomplishments evaluated in relation to frames of reference. In the big-fish-little-pond effect (BFLPE), equally able students have lower academic self-concepts in high-average ability schools, but higher academic self-concepts in low-average ability schools. The authors of this essay note the existence of additional psychological comparison processes that influence self-concept formation, including temporal (“I am getting better”) and dimensional (“I am better at math than verbal subjects”) comparisons. By employing increasingly sophisticated theoretical and statistical models, motivation scientists have integrated multiple frame-of-reference effects into a unified framework and shown support for the universality of the BFLPE. |
Keywords | academic self concept; achievement; big-fish-little-pond effect; generalizability; PISA; policy; self-beliefs; self-evaluation; social comparison; universalistic |
Page range | 100 - 107 |
Year | 01 Jan 2023 |
Book title | Motivation Science : Controversies and Insights |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Place of publication | United Kingdom |
Series | bMRI Symposium on Motivation |
ISBN | 9780-19-766235-9 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197662359.003.0017 |
Web address (URL) | https://academic.oup.com/book/45435?login=true |
Open access | Published as non-open access |
Research or scholarly | Research |
Publisher's version | License All rights reserved File Access Level Controlled |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | |
Online | 19 Jan 2023 |
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Deposited | 21 Mar 2025 |
Additional information | © Oxford University Press 2023. All rights reserved. |
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