Word and Colleagues (1974)conducted a Study Examining the Influence of Racial

question 92

Multiple Choice

Word and colleagues (1974) conducted a study examining the influence of racial stereotyping on job interview performance.This study demonstrated that

• A) a job interviewer's nonverbal behavior is not influenced by an applicant's race, though verbal behavior shows signs of self-fulfilling prophecy.
• B) job interviewers who are trained with explicit instructions to treat job applicants the same way regardless of race are able to avoid the self-fulfilling prophecy.
• C) a job interviewer's behavior can create a self-fulfilling prophecy that leads applicants of a particular race to objectively perform more poorly than other applicants.
• D) job applicants who are negatively stereotyped are more sensitive to nonverbal cues during the course of an interview and therefore more likely to fall victim to the self-fulfilling prophecy than are other applicants.

Determine the impacts of actual costs versus standard costs on production budgeting.

Identify factors affecting the predetermined overhead rate and its calculation.

Analyze the variance reports for better management decisions and its importance for internal reporting.

Recognize the components of the balanced scorecard approach and its perspective exclusion.

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Definitions:

Sensation

The process by which our sensory receptors and nervous system receive and represent stimulus energies from our environment.

Nervous System

A complex network of nerves and cells that carry messages to and from the brain and spinal cord to various parts of the body.

Stimulus Energies

The physical or chemical forms of energy, such as light, sound, or touch, that can be detected and interpreted by sensory systems.

Psychophysics

The study of relationships between the physical characteristics of stimuli, such as their intensity, and our psychological experience of them.