Question

The perception that one is less well off than others, and that may help explain happiness levels and crime rates in some locales, is referred to as a. the adaptation level phenomenon. b. relative depravation. c. Parkinson's second law. d. the unjust-world principle.

Answer 1

The correct answer is: Relative deprivation.

Step-by-step explanation:

Relative deprivation can be understood as the subjective feeling and perception that one doesn't have the material and non-material resources necessary for living in a given society, or that the other members of said society have more of those resources than you.

In conclusion, the perception that one is less well off than others, and that may help explain happiness levels and crime rates in some locales is referred to as: b. Relative deprivation.

Answer 2

B. relative deprivation.

Step-by-step explanation:

Relative deprivation refers to the lack in resources to provide the desirable things to which an individual or group may wish to have compared to other individuals or groups in society. It is basically inequality which compares the material wealth of some people to others. Relative deprivation is therefore the lack in the things encouraged or approved as material resources or wealth in the society in which one belongs.