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bobypop

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Festinger's social comparison theory suggests that we have a drive to assess our opinions and abilities, and that we do this by
 
  A) comparing ourselves to others.
  B) comparing ourselves to objective standards of performance.
  C) comparing our current behavior to our past behavior.
  D) comparing our behavior with what our parents think we should do.

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Festinger's social comparison theory suggests that we have a drive to assess our opinions and abilities, and we prefer to compare ourselves with
 
  A) our parents.
  B) similar others.
  C) dissimilar others.
  D) people who are worse off than we are.


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GCabra

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Reply #1 on: Jun 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Answer: A

Answer to Question 2

Answer: B


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Reply 2 on: Jun 22, 2018
Wow, this really help

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