John Has Just Received a 5% Increase in Salary

question 34

Multiple Choice

John has just received a 5% increase in salary. However, after learning that his coworkers have all received 10% increases, John becomes upset with his employer and dissatisfied with his raise. We can understand John's feelings in terms of

• A) relative deprivation.
• B) the adaptation-level phenomenon.
• C) Parkinson's second law.
• D) the hydraulic model of aggression.

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