Chandra belongs to a sorority that is full of intelligent, hard-working, and attractive women. Based on her evaluation of herself relative to her sorority sisters, she considers herself to be about average. Chandra is using ____ in her evaluation of herself

a. ?relative deprivation
b. ?social comparison
c. ?social referencing
d. ?a schema


ANSWER:
b

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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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