Problem:
Submit a 300- to 500-word paper, in which you:
Based on Open-Source Psychometrics Project (2019) and Self-monitoring scale (2024), define self-monitoring in your own words, and provide an example in which you exhibited high or low self-monitoring. Need Assignment Help?
Based on Garcia and Halldorsson (2025), define upward or downward comparison, and provide an example in which you engaged in that type of social comparison.
Identify who you compared yourself to.
Describe a positive or negative effect of that social comparison on yourself.
Based on LibreText Social Sciences. (n.d.) Download LibreText Social Sciences. (n.d.), the learning activity on cognitive dissonanceLinks to an external site., and Luttrell's (2016) videoLinks to an external site., briefly describe a time you experienced cognitive dissonance. Explain the source of your cognitive dissonance.
To demonstrate what you learned this week, be sure to support your work by referring to specific information from the Learning Resources.