Marilee jones, former dean of admissions at the massachusetts institute of technology (mit), resigned from her position in april 2007 after it came to light that she had fabricated her academic record and claimed to have academic degrees she did not have. while this is an extreme case, it illustrates the overemphasis on qualifications such as college degrees in order to be hired for a job. this is known as:

Mike and his wife, amanda, are arguing about his in-laws. mike doesn’t want them to visit because they fight all the time when they come to the house and he is worried about the effect that their fighting is having on mike and amanda’s children. amanda finally yells out: “what about our fighting? ” mike replies, “well, that’s different. we fight because we’re having a disagreement, they fight because they hate each other! ” this is an example of