Unfair treatment associated with racial or ethnic prejudice is a major source of frustration and stress in the lives of many minority group members because
a. humans are highly sensitive to social sources of frustration.
b. the approach-avoidance conflict creates intense frustration.
c. pressure precipitates the activation of the autonomic nervous system.
d. humans have an innate sense of justice.
A
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