Penelope Lockwood
Penelope Lockwood appears on this site as first author of the 1997 Journal of Personality and Social Psychology paper on the impact of role models on the self.
Who they are
The work of Penelope Lockwood reaches this site through the paper listed below. On this site the name is tied to Relevance and Attainability, Upward Social Comparison.
Key papers
Lockwood, P., & Kunda, Z. (1997). Superstars and me: Predicting the impact of role models on the self. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 73(1), 91-103. What it reports: Found that a superstar affected self-views only when the star's field was relevant, inspiring when similar success seemed attainable and deflating when it did not.
Key ideas
Relevance and Attainability: The proposal that a star affects self-views when the field matters to the person, inspiring when success looks attainable and deflating when it does not.
Upward Social Comparison: The case of Social Comparison in which the person being compared against is judged to be better off, further along or more capable.
Sources
- Lockwood, P., & Kunda, Z. (1997). Superstars and me: Predicting the impact of role models on the self. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 73(1), 91-103.