When Our College Football Team Wins, We Are More Likely

question 61

Multiple Choice

When our college football team wins, we are more likely to wear our school's colors the following Monday and to use the pronoun we when describing the game-winning touchdown or goal. According to Abraham Tesser's self-evaluation maintenance model, these behaviors illustrate how the process of ________ can be used to boost our self-esteem.

• A) reflection
• B) social comparison
• C) positive reference
• D) public self-consciousness

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