Jakim just got back his exam in a really hard class. He asks the professor if he can see the grade distribution (how many people got A's, B's, C's, etc.). He wants to see how well he did in relationship to the class. In this case, he is using __________.

The social comparison theory tends to state that an individuals will try to determine their personal and social worth which is based on how they tend to stack up against other individuals they view as somehow worse or better. Individuals sometimes tend to compare themselves to other individuals that is a way of fostering or promoting self-motivation and self-improvement.

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Answer:

social comparison

Explanation:

Jakim asking to see the the grade distribution of how many people who got A's , B's C's from his professor after writing an exam shows that Jakim rely's on the performance of other to determine his personal/social worth either in an examination or in other aspects of his life and such exhibition is termed social comparison ( determining self or social worth by comparing one self to others ) in any venture of life and this is literally not healthy enough for an individual because it might bring or aggravate low self esteem