When asked how good he is at soccer, Edgar replies, “Well, I’m better than most of the other kids on my team, but I’m not as good as Willie and Phil.” Edgar is relying on ________ to formulate his answer
A) social comparisons
B) comparing his own performance to that of an irrelevant peer group
C) extreme, all-or-none ways of reasoning
D) trait-based descriptions of others
Answer: A
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