Managing Reference‐Group Effects in Sequential Product Upgrades

Author(s):  
Jiong Sun ◽  
Jinhong Xie ◽  
Tao Chen ◽  
Fei Li ◽  
Gao Wang
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiong Sun ◽  
Jinhong Xie ◽  
Tao Chen ◽  
Fei Li ◽  
Gao Wang

2005 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 137-140 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ulrich Trautwein ◽  
Oliver Lüdtke

Summary: Reference group effects on self-concept have been examined in a multitude of empirical studies in various educational settings. Effects of this kind have been most rigorously demonstrated by Herbert W. Marsh, who introduced the term big-fish-little-pond effect (BFLPE) to describe the finding that students' self-concept is negatively affected by the achievement level of other students in the same class or school. The phenomenon of the BFLPE is supported by a large body of empirical research. In this contribution, we first discuss mechanisms underlying the BFLPE. Second, we address reference group effects on educational outcomes other than self-concept. Finally, we briefly discuss educational implications of the BFLPE.


2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael W. Kraus ◽  
Jennifer Richeson

The goal of the present work was to determine if reference group effects influence the magnitude of misperception of the Black-White income gap. In prior research, large samples of Americans overestimate income equality between Black and White Americans, but that prior work used the same methodology where respondents were always asked to think of a typical or average White exemplar family prior to making estimates of the comparative income of a typical or average Black family. The results from an initial experiment suggest that reference group effects do shift misperceptions of Black-White income equality. When first thinking of a typical Black family a (N = 607) sample of respondents provided larger overestimates of Black-White income equality then when thinking of a White family first. Similar estimates were observed for participants using a scale versus a free response form for indicating their income gap perceptions. The results suggest that, when bringing a Black exemplar to mind first in the context of estimates of income disparities, Americans tend to bring to mind high status Black exemplars that skew conceptions of income disparities toward greater equality and widen errors in estimation of the Black-White income gap.


2010 ◽  
Vol 92 (5) ◽  
pp. 390-399 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcus Credé ◽  
Michael Bashshur ◽  
Sarah Niehorster

2016 ◽  
Vol 108 (6) ◽  
pp. 883-897 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra Rothenbusch ◽  
Ingo Zettler ◽  
Thamar Voss ◽  
Thomas Lösch ◽  
Ulrich Trautwein

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcus Crede ◽  
Michael R. Bashshur ◽  
Sarah Niehorster

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