The process of comparing yourself to people who you perceive to be doing much better than you are is called ________ social comparison.
A. upward
B. conceptual
C. downward
D. reference-based
Answer: A
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If a test measures what it claims to measure, then the test is said to be
a. reliable. b. valid. c. objective. d. culture-fair.
The authors of the text suggest that in general, people today might have more successful long-term relationships if they ____
a. continually strove to be on their "best behavior" (e.g., dressing well, being polite) b. made more of an effort for their partners to see "the real them" (e.g., sharing fears and insecurities) c. tried not to idealize their partners, but instead to see them as "real people" d. made more of an effort to "love themselves" before trying to love their partners
Which of the following is NOT a method to facilitate upward communication?
a. Complaint box b. Bulletin board c. Ombudsperson d. Attitude survey
The intensity level at which people can successfully detect the presence of a stimulus 50% of the times it is present is called the:
a. difference threshold for the stimulus b. absolute threshold for the stimulus c. perceptual threshold for the stimulus d. adaptation threshold for the stimulus