You have to send home an employee who wears an outfit that is too revealing for the workplace. The employee returns the next day with conservative attire-and proceeds to wear that same outfit every day. The employee is demonstrating
A) Psychological coherence.
B) Psychological freedom.
C) Psychological immaturity.
D) Psychological phenomenon.
E) Psychological reactance.

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Psychological reactance is a reaction to regain freedom after it has been taken away or threatened. In this case, the employee is overcorrecting by wearing the same conservative outfit daily as a form of protest or assertion of autonomy after being told their previous attire was inappropriate.

You Have to Send Home an Employee Who Wears an Outfit