When Sam's mom has a difficult day at work, she has less patience in the evening. The workplace is an example of:
A) Microsystem.
B) Macrosystem.
C) Mesosystem.
D) Exosystem.

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The workplace is an example of an exosystem because it is an external environment that indirectly influences the individual (in this case, Sam) through the direct interaction with another close individual (Sam's mom). The exosystem encompasses the larger social systems that do not contain the developing person but affect them indirectly.

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