Comparing ourselves to others who are performing better than we are ___, but comparing ourselves to others who are performing worse than we are ___.

  a.  gives us hope; raises our self-esteem
  b.  raises our self-esteem; gives us hope
  c.  is downward social comparison; is upward social comparison
  d.  is healthy; is unhealthy


  a.  gives us hope; raises our self-esteem

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a. resistance against infantile amnesia b. fuzzy-trace gist clarification c. span of apprehension d. knowledge base

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Vicki has been diagnosed with anosognosia. Knowing what you have learned from the textbook, Vicki

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