Terra is a really good faculty member. She works hard and is happy to receive good evaluations and raises from her department chair. She finds out, though, that the other faculty members in her department receive better evaluations and higher raises than she does. According to social comparison theory, when Terra compares her evaluations and raises to her peers in her department, she is making
a(n) ____.
a. upward social comparison
b. downward social comparison
c. lateral social comparison
d. intrinsic social comparison
A
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