Matthew is mandy's supervisor. he promises to fire her if she does not engage in sexual activity with him. this type of sexual harassment would be categorized as:

a) Coercion with threat of punishment.

Explanation:

This question is incomplete. The options are:

a) Coercion with threat of punishment.

b)Solicitation with promise of reward.

c) Appropriate.

d) Generalized

e) Positional authority.

In psychology, coercion is the act of forcing another person to act in a way that the person doesn't want to by using force or threats. This threats can include punishment if the person doesn't act the way the other person is asking to.

In this example Mathew promises to fire her if she doesn't engage in sexual activity with him. This "promise" is more like a threat and the consequence of not complying with it would be the punishment of getting fired. Therefore, the right answer would be that this type of sexual harassment is a) Coercion with threat of punishment.

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