What Is the Similar-To-Me Effect

question 53

Multiple Choice

What is the similar-to-me effect?

• A) It is the tendency to perceive others who are like ourselves more positively than we perceive people who are different.
• B) It is the tendency to focus attention on individuals who are conspicuously different from us.
• C) It is the tendency to perceive individuals with a higher position in social hierarchy more positively than we perceive those with a lower position in social hierarchy.
• D) It is the tendency to perceive individuals with a disabilities as non-contributors to society.
• E) It is the tendency of individuals to see themselves more positively than others around them.

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