Identify three activities you enjoy doing, such as sports, hobbies, and studying various subjects. Then, make one upward social comparison and one downward social comparison for each activity. As you identified one person who was better than you and one person who wasn't as advanced, what emotions resulted from each type of comparison?

What will be an ideal response?


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