According to a Report from the National Bureau of Economic

question 35

Multiple Choice

According to a report from the National Bureau of Economic Research, white-sounding names got 50 percent more call-backs than African American-sounding names, even when skills and experience were equal. This is an example of _____ in the workplace.

• A) active bias
• B) conscious bias
• C) unconscious bias
• D) deliberate bias

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