The desire to evaluate one's behavior, abilities, expertise, and opinions in reference to others is called ____________
a) social comparison
b) self-evaluation
c) normative modeling
d) self-understanding
A
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d. They asked for fine distinctions, such as the difference between guilt and shame.
For children and adolescents, heritability estimates average around 0.75
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
Seth is thinking about paying his brother to make his bed every week
Eventually Seth wants to get by without paying his brother while the brother continues to make Seth's bed for a while. He decides to pay his brother every three weeks instead of every week. What process or procedure is Seth using? a) serial learning b) the law of effect c) the partial reinforcement effect d) the law of limited reinforcement
When he received his Psychology 101 exam back in class, Martin was somewhat satisfied to learn that he got an 84% , or a grade of "B". Strangely, however, when he learned that the class average was an 87%,
he started to feel less satisfaction with his own results. This type of comparison and its impact on our feelings about ourselves, is called __________. a. the adaptation-level phenomenon b. masking c. relative deprivation d. subjective well-being