When a Minority Member Experiences a Microaggression,they

question 53

Multiple Choice

When a minority member experiences a microaggression,they

• A) often misunderstand what was really an innocent comment.
• B) often get angry,making a mountain out of a molehill.
• C) often respond with silence,though they experience the interaction as an insult.
• D) often understand it as a compliment,since it is often meant as a compliment.

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Definitions:

Personal Power

An individual's ability to influence others based on their personal attributes or qualities, rather than formal authority or position.

Referent

In leadership and social influence contexts, referent power is an individual's ability to influence others based on the strength of their relationship and personal traits that others admire or desire.

Information

Data that is processed, organized, or structured in a given context to make it meaningful or useful.

Perceived

Regarded in a certain way; seen or understood from an individual's viewpoint.