The process by which individuals evaluate their thoughts, feelings, behaviors, and abilities in relation to others is known as

A) peer review.
B) peripheral attribution.
C) social comparison.
D) peer recognition.

Social comparison is the process by which individuals evaluate themselves in comparison to others in terms of their thoughts, feelings, behaviors, and abilities. This may involve upward or downward comparisons where individuals compare themselves to those who are better or worse off than them, respectively. Peer review refers to the process of evaluating one's work by one's peers, while peripheral attribution refers to the tendency to attribute behavior to external, situational factors rather than to internal, dispositional factors. Peer recognition, on the other hand, refers to the act of acknowledging or honoring the achievements of one's peers.