Aleta Is Looking at a Stack of Applications for the Open

question 21

Multiple Choice

Aleta is looking at a stack of applications for the open position she has at her bakery.She called all of the applicants to ask them 'follow-up' questions about their application.Aleta wasn't concerned with their responses to her questions,but instead wanted to know who had an accent so she could put those applications in the "no" pile.Aleta's behaviour is an example of

• A)prejudice.
• B)cognitive dissonance.
• C)discrimination.
• D)the fundamental attribution error.

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