Tonya Was Passed Over for a Promotion at Work in Favor

question 5

Multiple Choice

Tonya was passed over for a promotion at work in favor of a white man for the third time. She is not sure if she is discriminated against because she is a woman or because she is black, or if it was a coincidence. This illustrates the confusion that can result from ______.

• A) essentialism
• B) intersectionality
• C) sexism
• D) racism

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Definitions:

Unconscious Information Processing

The handling and reaction to information by the brain without conscious awareness.

Visual Cortex

The part of the cerebral cortex responsible for processing visual information.

Hypnagogic Sensations

Experiences that occur at the onset of sleep, characterized by vivid sensory phenomena such as seeing shapes, hearing noises, or feeling as if falling.

Sleep Spindles

Sudden bursts of oscillatory brain activity visible on an EEG that occur during stage 2 of NREM sleep, associated with memory consolidation and synaptic plasticity.