Representatives of our ideals that we use as a means of comparison are
A) attributions.
B) personal constructs.
C) prototypes.
D) self-serving bias.

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Prototypes are mental representations of the "typical" or ideal examples of a category or concept. We use these prototypes as a means of comparison when evaluating others and making judgments about their characteristics or behaviors. Option A, attributions, refer to explanations that we make for someone's behavior, and option B, personal constructs, refer to the individual traits or characteristics that we use to construct our understanding of the world. Option D, self-serving bias, is a cognitive bias where individuals tend to attribute their successes to personal factors and failures to external factors.

Representatives of Our Ideals That We Use as a Means