A Substantially Different Rate of Selection Resulting from Hiring, Promotion

question 44

Multiple Choice

A substantially different rate of selection resulting from hiring, promotion, and other employment decisions that work to the disadvantage of members of a particular race, gender, or ethnic group is called

• A)reverse discrimination.
• B)reverse impact.
• C)cultural discrimination.
• D)adverse impact.

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Definitions:

Attribution Fallacy

The error of attributing personal success to one's own qualities while ascribing failures to external factors.

Indian Agent

Historically, a government official in charge of managing relations and overseeing affairs with Native American tribes in the United States and Canada.

Sterilization

A medical or surgical procedure used to permanently prevent an individual from reproducing.

Lobotomy

A surgical procedure that was once used to treat mental illness, involving the removal or severing of connections in the brain's prefrontal cortex, now largely discredited and not used.