Which of These Statements About Managing Diversity Is True

question 13

Multiple Choice

Which of these statements about managing diversity is true?

• A)Managers can improve the level of diversity in a workplace, but because the workforce is becoming ever more diverse over time, managers can't really derail diversity.
• B)Managers are at a higher level than the employees they supervise, so it isn't realistic to expect managers to be role models when it comes to encouraging diversity.
• C)Even when a manager is aware of some diversity-related issues, unconscious bias can creep into that manager's beliefs and behaviors.
• D)Diversity issues have become easier to manage in most workplaces now that the issue of diversity has gained more attention.

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Definitions:

Habituation

The psychological process of becoming accustomed to a stimulus after repeated exposure, leading to a decrease in response.

Stimulus Generalization

The psychological process by which a response is elicited by stimuli similar to the original stimulus to which the response was conditioned.

Classical Conditioning

A conditioning method in which repeated pairings of two stimuli lead to a response that, though originally elicited by the second stimulus, is eventually elicited by the first stimulus alone.

Little Albert

An early experiment in psychology by John B. Watson and Rosalie Rayner that demonstrated how emotional responses, such as fear, could be conditioned in humans.