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student77 · **on:** Jun 19, 2018

Kati is in high school. Kati aspires to become more like her older sisters, who have all graduated college, begun careers, and started families. Kati is engaging in ____.

a. upward social comparison
b. the actor-observer effect
c. downward social comparison
d. unrealistic optimism

Question 2

Chandra belongs to a sorority that is full of intelligent, hard-working, and attractive women. Based on her evaluation of herself relative to her sorority sisters, she considers herself to be about average. Chandra is using ____ in her evaluation of herself.

a. relative deprivation
b. social comparison
c. social referencing
d. a schema