Question

Howie is not entirely sure how smart he is, so he asks other students in his first-grade class how they did on a test. After checking with five other children, Howie realizes he did better than any of them, so he concludes that he must be pretty smart after all. The process by which Howie reached this conclusion is __________.

(a)-Social Comparison
(b)- Reflected Appraisal
(c)-Self-fulfilling Prophesy
(d)- None of the above

Answer 1

Social comparison

Step-by-step explanation:

Howie is therefore comparing himself as better than the other children.