Zinhle and Her Friends Are Singing Karaoke

question 17

Multiple Choice

Zinhle and her friends are singing karaoke.Zinhle is an extremely talented singer - much better than her friends.She feels awkward about being so good, however, so she sort of 'fakes bad'; she doesn't want her friends to be envious of her singing talent.Social psychologists would say that Zinhle is experiencing ____.

• A)sensitivity about being the target of threatening downward comparison
• B)sensitivity about being the target of threatening upward comparison
• C)the commons dilemma
• D)audience inhibition

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