CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD

COGNITION AND EMOTIONS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The feeling that we are worse off than others, even when our lives are pretty good, is called ____
A
relative deprivation
B
self-actualization
C
cognitive dissonance
D
the availability heuristic
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Relative deprivation is that idea that people feel disadvantaged when they lack the resources or opportunities of another person or social group.

Detailed explanation-2: -The concept of relative deprivation has been used to explain the fact that persons who could be much worse off than they are but still feel deprived in comparison with even more fortunate groups often play a prominent part in social movements.

Detailed explanation-3: -The theory of relative deprivation (RD) is based on the concept that persons may feel deprived of some desirable thing relative to their own past, other persons or groups, or some other social category.

Detailed explanation-4: -Relative deprivation is a feeling that you are generally worse off than the people you associate with and compare yourself to. For example, when you can only afford a hut but your neighbour have big house, you feel relatively deprived.

Detailed explanation-5: -Absolute deprivation describes a condition in which household income falls below a level needed to maintain the basic necessities of life, such as food and shelter. Meanwhile, relative deprivation describes a level of poverty at which household income drops to a certain percentage below the country’s median income.

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