Once a Plaintiff Succeeds in Proving Discrimination, the Burden Shifts

question 41

True/False

Once a plaintiff succeeds in proving discrimination, the burden shifts to the employer to justify the discriminatory practice.

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Definitions:

Disinhibition

The reduction of restraint or inhibition which can lead to the expression of behaviors normally kept under control.

Renewal Effect

The phenomenon where extinguished responses reappear when the context or environment is changed after extinction.

Negative Reinforcement

A process in operant conditioning where a response is strengthened by the removal or avoidance of an unpleasant stimulus.

Stimulus Generalization

The tendency for a response that has been conditioned to one stimulus to be triggered by stimuli that are similar to the original stimulus.