If Your Brother Earns 1^st Place in a Tournament That

question 11

Multiple Choice

If your brother earns 1^st place in a tournament that you had been training for all year, how does Tesser's self-evaluation maintenance theory suggest that you will respond?

• A) See your brother's success as a source of pride reflection effect)
• B) See your brother's success as a threat, leading to negative emotions comparison effect)
• C) See your brother's success as unimportant no effect)
• D) None of the above

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