Lori Prefers to Work Out at Home and Purchase Exercise

question 61

Multiple Choice

Lori prefers to work out at home and purchase exercise DVDs like p90x and Insanity online rather than go to the gym. Lori thinks gym goers are in much better shape and have a better body than her. What is Lori's judgment of herself in relation to the gym memberships an example of?

• A) antecedent conditions
• B) social comparison
• C) separateness self-schema
• D) relative perception

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