Festinger's social comparison theory suggests that we have a drive to assess our opinions and abilities, and that we do this by
A) comparing ourselves to others.
B) comparing ourselves to objective standards of performance.
C) comparing our current behavior to our past behavior.
D) comparing our behavior with what our parents think we should do.
Answer: A
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A. preoperational intuitive religious thought B. sensorimotor religious thought C. concrete operational religious thought D. formal operational religious thought
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a. mainstreaming. b. exit-transfer therapy. c. decentralization. d. deinstitutionalization.
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identification. superego. ego. schema.