During World War II,promotion rates in the U.S.Air Corps were so rapid for the group as a whole that many individual soldiers in this military branch were unhappy about the speed at which they were promoted.Their unhappiness is best explained in terms of
A) the adaptation-level phenomenon.
B) relative deprivation.
C) the materialism theory.
D) the catharsis hypothesis.

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Relative deprivation refers to the feeling of dissatisfaction or unhappiness that arises when one compares their situation to others who they perceive to have more or better resources, even if their own situation is objectively better than before. In this case, the rapid promotion rates of the group as a whole may have led individual soldiers to compare their own promotion rate to others and feel relatively deprived.

During World War II,promotion Rates in the U