When the mayor ordered a salary increase for the city's police officers,there was a sudden loss of morale among the city's firefighters.The firefighters' sudden dissatisfaction best illustrates
A) the adaptation-level phenomenon.
B) the do-good,feel-good phenomenon.
C) the experience of flow.
D) relative deprivation.

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The sudden loss of morale among the firefighters suggests that they feel deprived relative to the police officers who received a salary increase. This is an example of relative deprivation, which occurs when individuals feel that they are worse off compared to others with whom they compare themselves.

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