Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 Permits

question 20

Multiple Choice

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 permits the use of an employment eligibility test that may have a disparate impact on a protected class provided:

• A) it is proved that the test has been professionally developed and it is not designed, used or intended to discriminate on the basis of membership in a protected class.
• B) it is proved that the employer's efficiency concerns do not trump the individual's privacy interests.
• C) the employer can show that the test evaluates factors that are not directly job related.
• D) the employer can show that there was no invasion of privacy during the test.

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Definitions:

Negative Reinforcement

The strengthening of a behavior because a negative condition is removed or avoided.

Punishing Reinforcement

A term that amalgamates concepts incorrectly; in behaviorism, punishment is used to decrease a behavior's occurrence, whereas reinforcement is used to increase it.

Positive Punishment

A technique in behavior modification that involves the introduction of an unfavorable outcome or event following an undesirable behavior, with the intention of decreasing the likelihood of the behavior occurring again.

Negative Punishment

A type of behavior modification that involves the removal of a desirable stimulus after a behavior to decrease the likelihood of that behavior occurring again.