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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


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Reply #1 on: Jun 19, 2018
Answer to Question 1

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Answer to Question 2

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Reply 2 on: Jun 19, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)

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