Assume That a Company Has Several Male Workers Who Do

question 69

Multiple Choice

Assume that a company has several male workers who do not give their full cooperation to female supervisors making them less effective as supervisors.Economists would refer to this type of situation as ____.

• A)statistical discrimination
• B)discrimination by fellow workers
• C)discrimination by employers
• D)non-discrimination

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Definitions:

Acquisition

The initial stage of learning or conditioning in which a response is established or a skill is begun to be learned.

Contiguity

In psychology, contiguity refers to the closeness or proximity in time or space between two events or stimuli, often associated with classical conditioning.

Classical Conditioning

The phenomenon where a response, initially elicited by a second stimulus, is later elicited by the first stimulus alone, due to the repeated association of the two stimuli.

Fear

An emotional response to perceived threats, leading to avoidance or defensive behavior.