Social comparison refers to
A) the desire to evaluate one's own behavior, abilities, expertise, and opinions by comparing
them with others.
B) parents' judgments about adolescents' readiness to participate in rites of passage.
C) the practice of motivating adolescent students and athletes to achieve by comparing them
with others.
D) adolescents' beliefs that they are worthy of increasing independence even if their parents
are reluctant to grant them the new autonomy they desire.
A
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