Author Question: Fergus recognizes that, for whatever reason, his boss seems to favor him over another employee, ... (Read 57 times)

bucstennis@aim.com · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

Fergus recognizes that, for whatever reason, his boss seems to favor him over another employee, Leslie. Although Fergus believes that, objectively, he and Leslie produce a similar quantity of similar quality work, Fergus receives a substantially higher merit raise than did Leslie, and Fergus feels guilty about this. Fergus is best described as being concerned that he has been ____.

a. underbenefited
b. overbenefited
c. treated with inequity
d. treated with inequality

Question 2

Suppose that Jose was born and raised in Mexico, and thateven though he has never been to the U.S.he holds a number of stereotypes about Americans. According to the text, these stereotypes are most likely based on ____.

a. the few brief interactions he has had with Americans in Mexico
b. what he has heard about Americans from other Mexicans
c. what he knows about other groups of foreigners
d. his assumptions about what Americans must be like given what he knows about the U.S. as a country