According to festinger's social comparison theory, people often form judgments about their traits and abilities by comparing themselves with others. according to the theory, this process is most likely to occur when people have no objective standard by which to judge themselves. the people around them are judgmental and unkind. people have a clear and detailed self-concept. the people around them have superior traits and abilities.

Aresearcher is studying women recently admitted to a state prison. all potential subjects must have children under the age of five. research subjects will be given a basket of toys to use at their children’s first visit that the children can then take home. in assessing this proposal, the irb needs to determine that the toys are: age appropriate.not an excessive incentive.educational.of high quality.

“dear sir: it is with great reluctance, i trouble you on a subject, which does not fall within your province; but it is a subject that occasions me more distress, than i have felt, since the commencement of the war; and which loudly demands the most zealous exertions of every person of weight and authority, who is interested in the success of our affairs. i mean the present dreadful situation of the army for want of provisions, and the miserable prospects before us, with respect to futurity. it is more alarming than you will probably conceive, for, to form a just idea, it were necessary to be on the spot. for some days past, there has been little less, than a famine in camp. a part of the army has been a week, without any kind of flesh, and the rest for three or four days. naked and starving as they are, we cannot enough admire the incomparable patience and fidelity of the soldiery, that they have not been ere this excited by their sufferings, to a general mutiny or dispersion. strong symptoms, however, discontent have appeared in particular instances; and nothing but the most acitive efforts every where can long avert so shocking a catastrophe.” what’s the central idea?

50pts occurs with the fully informed request of a competant adult patient or their surrogate. culture of life: select the best answer from the choices provided. a. voluntary euthanasia b. nonvoluntary euthanasia c. involuntary euthanasia d. passive euthanasia