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. Mary’s treatment of Millie is best described as .

a. scapegoating
b. discrimination
c. unintentional discrimination
d. institutional racial discrimination

b. discrimination      

Explanation:

Discrimination: In psychology, the term "discrimination" is described as an individual's capabilities of responding or perceiving differences among various stimuli. Discrimination is often considered as one of the most advanced sorts of learning as compared to generalization (capabilities of perceiving similarities). However, an organism can be trained for generalizing as well as discriminating.

In the question above, Mary’s treatment of Millie is best described as discrimination.

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