Fact Pattern 16-2

question 59

Multiple Choice

Fact Pattern 16-2
Kit, manager of Long-Term Care Company's office in Metro City, decides to replace the office's male employees with females. Nia, an assistant manager transferred from a different Long-Term Care office, refuses to cooperate. Kit retaliates against Nia, who quits. Within a year, the male employees also quit.
-Refer to Fact Pattern 16-2. Kit's conduct is most likely a violation of

• A) no law.
• B) the Age Discrimination in Employment Act.
• C) the Americans with Disabilities Act.
• D) Title VII of the Civil Rights Act.

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Definitions:

Neuroses

A term historically used in psychology to describe a range of psychological disorders characterized by anxiety, depression, or other feelings of distress and dysfunction that do not involve psychosis.

Anal Stage

The anal stage is a concept in Freudian psychosexual development theory referring to the period of a child's life from about 18 months to three years when they are focused on bowel and bladder control.

Psychosexual Development

A Freudian concept that outlines how personality development occurs through the satisfaction of basic needs at different stages from childhood to adulthood.

Intellectualization

A defense mechanism where emotional issues are addressed through excessive abstract thinking, avoiding dealing with emotional aspects.