PSYC 331 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Relative Deprivation, Jean Kerr, The American Soldier
16 Apr 2016
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Roxane de la sablonni re - relative deprivation theory. You don"t seem to realize that a poor person who is unhapy is in a better position than a rich person who is unhappy. Somewhere around the world someone would love to have my first world problems. (matthew good band) > both show how feelings of anger and frustration may be relative to the circumstances and context. Classical studies: the rst study conducted on relative deprivation (rd) was not directly on rd. The american soldier by stouffer and colleagues (1949): The only assets for which losses cost are those that we blieve we have the right to (jean-jacques rousseau) Conclusions of this study: 1. the feeling of deprivation is subjective and not absolute; 2. the feelings of deprivation is affected by the context in which we compare ourselves. 1. there is a discrepancy between something we have and something we desire.
