Fact Pattern 17-1 Loretta Worked for Minute Dry Cleaners as a Cashier, and a Cashier

question 442

Multiple Choice

Fact Pattern 17-1
Loretta worked for Minute Dry Cleaners as a cashier, and also did ironing when extra help was needed. Soon after she was hired, her boss, John, began to make suggestive comments to her. He complemented Loretta on her clothes and her looks. Several times, when they were in the store alone, John cornered Loretta and told her that she was driving him crazy, and that she just had to date him. Loretta told John that she already seeing someone and backed away.
John cornered her again. He told her that he had waited long enough, and that if she wanted to keep her job she was going to have to "put out." He grabbed her arm, but she got away to the counter. She told John to keep away from her. He laughed, and asked her what she was going to do. He said he knew she needed the job, because she was fired from her previous jobs for drug problems. If she didn't get along with him, he would fire her and tell people it was because she came to work stoned.
Loretta quit the next day. She filed a complaint against John with the local EEO office. John told EEO he fired Loretta was because of her drinking on the job. He referred them to Loretta's past work record which showed a drug problem. Loretta insisted that John harassed her and that she had not been drinking while at Minute.
-Refer to Fact Pattern 17-1. After Loretta notifies the EEO office of her complaint against John, the EEO will:

• A) notify Minute Cleaners of the complaint and investigate Loretta's claims
• B) sue Minute in the local district court based Loretta's claim
• C) immediately issue a "right-to-sue" letter
• D) issue an injunction against John barring him from working at Minute Cleaners
• E) all of the other choices are possible

Comprehending theories related to love and relationship dynamics, specifically Sternberg's triangular theory of love.

Understanding the societal and personal impacts of divorce.

Exploring the developmental theories relevant to young adults and their relationships.

Describing the process of individuation and its contribution to personal development.

---

Definitions:

Asch

Refers to Solomon Asch, known for his research on conformity, specifically the experiments demonstrating the influence of group pressure on opinions.

Crutchfield Situation

A technique used in social psychology experiments to study conformity, where individuals must make judgments while being exposed to the presumed opinions of others.

Asch Situation

An experiment by Solomon Asch that demonstrated the power of conformity in groups, where individuals often agree with a consensus even if it is clearly incorrect.

Asch Experiment

A series of psychological experiments conducted by Solomon Asch studying if and how individuals yield to or defy a majority group and the effect of such influences on beliefs and opinions.