MinnieA Dent Is Completing Her Thirtieth Year as a Bus

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MinnieA. Dent is completing her thirtieth year as a bus driver. Her company recently told her that she would be required to retire within the next two years because she had reached the age limit for mandatory retirement. Minnie wants to fight this ruling based on a claim of age discrimination. Which of the following statements about this case is most accurate? According to the:

• A) Employment Rights and Responsibilities Act, Minnie has every right to keep her job as long as she has not been convicted of a moving traffic violation while performing her job.
• B) Affirmative Action Enforcement Act, Minnie has no right to keep her job, because she is not one of the groups that qualify for special protection.
• C) Fair Labor Standards Act, Minnie may be able to keep her job, but the company can require her to pass an annual vision and hearing exam as a condition of continued employment.
• D) Age Discrimination in Employment Act, Minnie can be required to retire at a certain age, because she is in an occupation where evidence exists that ability to perform the job diminishes significantly with age.

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Definitions:

UCS

An abbreviation commonly used in psychology for "Unconditioned Stimulus," which is a stimulus that naturally triggers a response without the need for prior conditioning.

Fear-Producing Stimulus

An object, event, or situation that induces a fear response in an individual.

"Little Albert" Study

An experiment conducted by John B. Watson and Rosalie Rayner that demonstrated classical conditioning in humans by showing how an infant named Albert became conditioned to fear a white rat.

Conditioned Response

A learned reaction to a conditioned stimulus that occurs because of previous conditioning, as demonstrated in classical conditioning experiments.