Studies in Comparison Theory, with Special Emphasis on Mathematical and Statistical Methods of Theoretical Research

9321019贾索这个项目是理论研究方案的一部分，主要侧重于社会比较理论，在方法上侧重于理论工作的数学和统计技术。有两个最重要的目标。第一个目标是扩展和提炼比较理论，并通过重新审视其假设，继续推导不同领域的含义，为实证检验做好准备。第二个目标是使比较理论发展中所采用的方法系统化和锐化，特别是通过计算机模拟，以便它们可以用于其他理论的发展。社会比较理论是科学模型的主要竞争者之一，该模型描述了人们在社会交往中如何决定自己是否受到公正的对待，因此，它为解释在竞争环境中人类的多种行为形式提供了理论基础。这一抽象的理论工作为应用于人类问题的实证研究奠定了智力基础。***

9321019 Jasso This project is part of a program of theoretical research, with a substantive focus on social comparison theory and a methodological focus on the mathematical and statistical techniques of theoretical work. There are two overarching goals. The first goal is to extend and refine comparison theory and prepare it for empirical test, by renewed scrutiny of its postulates, continued derivation of implications for varied domains. The second goal is to systematize and sharpen the methods employed in the development of comparison theory, especially through computer simulation, so that they can be used in the development of other theories. %%% Social comparison theory is one of the chief contenders for a scientific model of how people decide whether they have been treated justly in social exchanges, and thus it offers a theoretical basis for explanations of many forms of human behavior in situations marked by competition. This abstract theoretical work lays the intellectual basis for empirical research applied to human problems. ***