Social demonstration-approach goals, correspond to performance-approach academic goals (i.e., goals aiming at demonstrating competence through outperforming others) and represent people's aim to demonstrate social competence by gaining popularity and others' admiration. Social demonstration-avoid goals, correspond to performance-avoidance academic goals (i.e., goals aiming at avoiding showing incompetence in the academic domain) and pertain to people's striving to avoid negative evaluation in social interactions.