When You Make a Downward Comparison,it Will Typically ________ Self-Esteem

question 71

Multiple Choice

When you make a downward comparison,it will typically ________ self-esteem.

• A) decrease your own
• B) increase your own
• C) have little effect on your own
• D) increase another person's

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Definitions:

Impression Management

The process by which individuals attempt to control the impressions others form of them, especially in social interactions and presentations.

Dual Nature of the Self

The concept that an individual's identity encompasses both personal aspects (how they see themselves) and social aspects (how others see them).

Dramaturgy

A view of social interaction as if participants were performing on a stage, managing the impression they make to others.

Shakespeare

An English playwright and poet, widely regarded as one of the greatest writers in the English language and world literature.