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Gillian has been earning 1 million a year, starring in a television show, and is the highest-paid actress on that network. However, several actors on other shows, less highly rated than hers, make 5 million a year. To keep from resenting this situation, she should ____.
 
  a. change her reference group
  b. complain privately to her friends
  c. work harder
  d. complain publicly

Question 2

Punjit works at a button-sorting factory. He feels bad that he can sort only twenty buttons a minute, when the average worker can sort thirty. To feel better about himself, Punjit compares his performance with Brant, who can sort only ten buttons a minute. This is an example of ____.
 
  a. downward social comparison
  b. unrealistic optimism
  c. the actor-observer effect
  d. the fundamental attribution error



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