Which of the Following Is a Form of Statistical Discrimination

question 73

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a form of statistical discrimination?

• A)Young people are charged higher automobile insurance rates due to the higher probability of an accident.
• B)Restaurants prefer to hire women than men as servers.
• C)Women prefer to see a female doctor than a male doctor.
• D)Women are more likely than men to pay too much money for a new automobile because salespeople bargain more with men than with women.
• E)Female physicians earn 20 percent less than male physicians,on average.

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Definitions:

Social Loafing

The phenomenon where individuals exert less effort to achieve a goal when they work in a group than when they work alone.

Groupthink

A phenomenon in group decision-making where the desire for harmony or conformity results in an irrational or dysfunctional outcome.

Group Polarization

The tendency of group members to make decisions that are more extreme than the initial inclinations of its members.

Social Facilitation

The tendency for people to perform differently when in the presence of others than when alone, typically improving on simple tasks.