According to Tesser's self-evaluation maintenance theory, which of the following is not a condition that must be met for a person to feel dissonance in a relationship with someone else?
A) You feel close to the person in your relationship.
B) Your friend is better at a task than you are.
C) The task your friend is better at is central to your self-esteem.
D) Your friend often reminds you they are better than you at the task.

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Tesser's self-evaluation maintenance theory suggests that dissonance in a relationship arises when three specific conditions are met: closeness to the person, the person's superiority in a task, and the centrality of the task to one's self-esteem. The theory does not require that the friend frequently reminds you of their superiority for dissonance to occur.

According to Tesser's Self-Evaluation Maintenance Theory, Which of the Following