In first grade, Brady thought he was best at everything. Now that he's in 5th grade, Brady knows that Juanita is better than he is in math and Yao is better than he is in art
This process of evaluating one's self in relation to one's peers is known as
A) the looking-glass self.
B) social comparison.
C) identity diffusion.
D) real-self comparison.
B) social comparison. Brady's sense of self is influenced by social comparison, the process in which children compare their own qualities and performances to those of their peers.
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