Arianna, a 20-year-old student, lives on a scholarship and complains that the support she gets is always decreasing. She happens to meet a single mom of her age, who has no job and is unable to meet even the basic necessities of her child. Arianna understands that she is lucky to have many advantages that the single mom does not have. In the context of materialism, Arianna most likely exhibits ________ social comparison in this scenario.

A. downward
B. diagonal
C. horizontal
D. upward


Answer: A

Psychology

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Bill tries to think back to his grade school play and remember the songs that they sang. However, he has trouble recalling the songs because those memories have faded with time. This kind of forgetting is called ____

a. ?retroactive inhibition b. ?decay c. ?the feeling-of-knowing experience d. ?anterograde amnesia

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The correspondence between two variables is referred to as a(n) _______________

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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What are dissociative disorders? Explain dissociative identity disorder. Why is this disorder considered a dissociative disorder rather than a manifestation of schizophrenia?

What will be an ideal response?

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The word talmud means __________.

A. "religion" B. "instruction" C. "heaven" D. "adolescence"

Psychology