When Mary, the owner of a large apartment complex, was deciding whom to rent an open apartment to, she immediately disregarded the application of 84-year-old Millie because Mary does not rent apartments to old women. What is Mary's treatment of Millie best described as?
A. scapegoating
B. discrimination
C. unintentional discrimination
D. institutional racial discrimination
Answer: B
You might also like to view...
Medicalization refers to
A. the process of developing new drugs to treat a given illness. B. treatment offered by medical doctors. C. the process of defining a condition or behavior as an illness. D. the growing number of doctors in the United States. E. the idea that the body is more than a mere machine or factory.
The text reports the results of a test for the significance of the difference in average education for random samples of males and females. Males averaged 13.76 years of schooling and females averaged 14.04 years
The Z score computed in step 4 for this difference was - 1.49. Given these results, which of the following is a reasonable conclusion? a. The difference is statistically significant, large, and important. b. The difference is not statistically significant and was probably caused by random chance. c. There is an important gender gap in education in the United States. d. This difference is statistically significant but quite small.
Which of these statements regarding the judgments people make about others is false? a. People make quick assessments and judgments about others in order to save time
b. The judgments people make enable them to process a great deal of information very quickly. c. Quickly categorizing the people one meets is a very common and widespread practice. d. Most of the time the quick judgments that people make are remarkably comprehensive and accurate.
Which of the following philosophers condemned suicide as contrary to reason and therefore an offense?
a. Kant b. Hume c. Voltaire d. Rousseau