Which of the Following Statements Is True of Social Comparison

question 139

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is true of social comparison?

• A)When engaging in social comparison,people try to act like others and lose their true identity.
• B)Social comparison provides distinctive characteristics of a person and helps in building an identity.
• C)In downward social comparison,people consider themselves to be inferior and compare themselves to people superior to them.
• D)Social comparison is an individual's fast-acting,self-fulfilling fear of being judged based on a negative stereotype about his or her group.