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fagboi · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

According to information presented in the textbook, researchers found that in order to feel more optimistic about their own futures, cancer patients engage in

a. upward social comparison.
b. impression management.
c. reconstructive memory.
d. downward social comparison.

Question 2

Which of the following people is engaging in upward social comparison?

a. Jermaine, who checks the distribution of scores on his final examination
b. Toni, who reads William Faulkner to assess her own writing skills
c. Chet, who checks his stopwatch and vows to run faster next time
d. Daniel, who feels better when he realizes that rich people pay a lot more in taxes than he does