Troy is a 55-year-old worker who, despite having a very good work record, has been passed up for promotion many times in favor of younger workers with lesser records. Troy is most likely a victim of:
A. the glass ceiling.
B. pay discrimination.
C. role conflict.
D. age discrimination.
Answer: D
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A. Operant conditioning B. Cognitive learning C. Latent learning D. Classical conditioning
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a. always more lenient toward defendants of their same race. b. more likely to discriminate by race when race is a prominent issue during the trial. c. not influenced by race when evidence in a case is strong. d. None of these