Aleta Is Looking at a Stack of Applications for the Open

question 9

Multiple Choice

Aleta is looking at a stack of applications for the open position she has at her bakery.She called all of the applicants acting as if she were asking an important question about their application.Really,however,she wanted to know who had an accent so she could put those applications in the "no" pile.Aleta just engaged in

• A)prejudice.
• B)the bystander effect.
• C)discrimination.
• D)social inhibition.

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