What Quality Is More Important in Predicting Who Gets Fired

question 18

Multiple Choice

What quality is more important in predicting who gets fired than job-performance ratings or even prior disciplinary history?

• A) race
• B) sexual orientation
• C) age
• D) gender

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Definitions:

Electra Complex

In Freudian psychoanalytic theory, a girl's psychosexual competition with her mother for possession of her father.

Identification

Defense mechanism in which a person tries to become like someone else to deal with anxiety.

Oedipus Complex

A psychoanalytic theory in which a child has an unconscious sexual desire for the parent of the opposite sex and hostility toward the same-sex parent.

Freudian Concept

Refers to the theories and ideas proposed by Sigmund Freud that emphasize the influence of the unconscious mind, childhood experiences, and sexuality on personality and behavior.