AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Relative deprivation (RD) is the judgment that one or one’s ingroup is worse off compared with some relevant standard coupled with feelings of dissatisfaction, anger, and resentment.

Detailed explanation-2: -The concept of relative deprivation has been used to explain the fact that persons who could be much worse off than they are but still feel deprived in comparison with even more fortunate groups often play a prominent part in social movements.

Detailed explanation-3: -Relative deprivation is a feeling that you are generally worse off than the people you associate with and compare yourself to. For example, when you can only afford a hut but your neighbour have big house, you feel relatively deprived.

Detailed explanation-4: -Relative deprivation refers to inequality: the idea that people are deprived (materially or in other ways) compared with others in society. Left realists suggest that this, alongside marginalisation and subcultures, is a significant cause of crime.