A Person Who Is Treated Less Favourably on the Grounds

question 24

Multiple Choice

A person who is treated less favourably on the grounds of a personal characteristic has experienced:

• A) direct discrimination.
• B) systemic discrimination.
• C) indirect discrimination.
• D) structural discrimination.

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Definitions:

Behavioral Treatment

A range of therapies designed to change harmful behaviors using reinforcement and cognitive techniques.

Fear of Dogs

Also known as cynophobia, it is an intense and persistent fear of dogs, often resulting from a negative experience or conditioning.

Blood-injection-injury Phobias

An intense irrational fear of blood, injections, or injuries that can result in physical reactions such as fainting.

Applied Tension Technique

Technique used to treat blood-injection-injury type phobias in which the therapist teaches the client to increase his or her blood pressure and heart rate, thus preventing the client from fainting.