When there are no objective standards, we tend to compare our own actions, feelings, opinions, or abilities to those of others. For example, if no scale is available to weigh yourself, you might evaluate your weight relative to people around you. Meaningful evaluations are based on comparing yourself with people of similar backgrounds, abilities, and circumstances.
Answer: Social Comparison theory
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During adolescence, a. both brain myelination and synaptic pruning first begin
b. brain myelination first begins and synaptic pruning nears completion. c. brain myelination nears completion and synaptic pruning first begins. d. both brain myelination and synaptic pruning near completion.
While looking out a window, you can make out the details of nearby objects very easily. As
you look at objects farther away, you have a more difficult time in making out the same details. This situation illustrates the cue to depth called a. linear perspective. b. haze. c. shading. d. interposition. e. retinal disparity.
__________________ is the process by which the right and left hemispheres of the brain take on specific functions.
A. Bilateralization B. Collaboration C. Lateralization D. Coordination
The ________ helps people regulate emotions.
a. superior caulcatem b. postfrontal neocortex c. amygdala d. inferior callosum