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futuristic · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

When Christine sees how upset Jim is about his father's death, she, too, becomes upset. As a result, she goes out of her way to console Jim. Christine's actions are consistent with the

a. empathy-altruism hypothesis.
b. mood maintenance model.
c. norm of reciprocity.
d. threat to self-esteem model.

Question 2

Higgins's (1989) self-discrepancy theory suggests that we each have an actual self, an ought self, and an ideal self.. According to Higgins, discrepancies between the ____ self and the actual self often lead to low self-esteem and feelings of ____.

a. ought frustration
b. ought shame
c. ideal superiority
d. ideal hostility