Grace loves to gossip. She spends most of the time talking about people who are having financial, relationship, or health issues

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Grace loves to gossip. She spends most of the time talking about people who are having financial, relationship, or health issues

and who are generally doing worse than she is. Grace is engaging in __________ comparison and probably has __________ self-esteem. Group of answer choices downward; high individualist; low upward; high temporal; low

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jek_recluse [69] · Answer 1 · 2021-12-25T12:26:08+03:00

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Grace is engaging in DOWNWARD comparison and probably has HIGH self-esteem.

Social comparison can be defined as the the evaluation of the similarities or differences of one or more people in relation to oneself in the society. Downward social comparison involves the inferior to, or less fortunate than, oneself in some way. Examples are people who are having financial, relationship, or health issues.

High self-esteem is defined as an individual that has a very elevated confidence in their self worth; self-respect.