Schacter’s studies demonstrate that in the absence of objective, nonsocial means of evaluation, a person will rely on other people as comparative points of reference. He called this belief the

A. autokinetic effect.
B. theory of social comparison.
C. rightness evaluation.
D. conformity theory.


Ans: B. theory of social comparison.

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