Question

Aaron Dias was working on the last shift for the day at All Needs, a retail store owned by an Asian man, when he opened the cash register and stole some money thinking that nobody would witness him stealing. However, one of the customers watched him steal the money and reported it to the manager the next day, and Aaron was terminated. Subsequently, the manager became extremely strict with all his Caucasian employees and was often heard abusing them by saying, "You guys are all the same." This scenario depicts ________.

Answer 1

In-group favoritism

Explanation:

In-group favoritism is a group that favors one group over the inclination of another group. This phenomenon of group favoritism does not heal the person but even it hurts the people. In social identity theory, people learn how to maintain self positive social identity. Group favoritism is related to positive self-esteem that leads to the favor of one group. This tendency offers positive self belonging-ness and affiliation related to self. But on the other hand, it leads to a hurtful and destructive situation for the other group.