You Ask a Student to Describe the Path to His

question 15

Multiple Choice

You ask a student to describe the path to his dorm room. The most likely way in which he will do this is to

• A) recite a rote list of directions he memorized.
• B) give you the GPS location of his dorm room.
• C) walk through a mental image of the path and describe it to you as he does it.
• D) draw a diagram on a piece of paper and then point out where you should go.
• E) none of these answers are correct

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Social Comparison Theory

A theory suggesting that individuals determine their own social and personal worth based on how they stack up against others.

Objective Standards

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The process by which individuals form perceptions of themselves based on how they believe others view them.