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.

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Definitions:

Unbiased Estimator

A statistical estimator that, on average, accurately reflects the parameter it estimates, without systematic error.

Sampling Distribution

The likelihood distribution of a statistic derived from a random sample.

Biased Estimator

An estimator is considered biased if it consistently overestimates or underestimates the parameter it is estimating.

Confidence Level

The probability that a confidence interval contains the true population parameter, expressing the degree of certainty in estimation.