Prejudice and Discrimination Ran High Against Asian Immigrants and Led

question 61

Multiple Choice

Prejudice and discrimination ran high against Asian immigrants and led to Congress's passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882,which:

• A)forced all Chinese people living in the United States to migrate back to their home country
• B)permitted only upper class Chinese to immigrate to the United States
• C)brought Chinese immigration to a halt in the United States
• D)was repealed shortly after it was passed

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Definitions:

Leniency Error

Leniency error occurs in the assessment process when an evaluator consistently rates individuals more positively than their performance warrants, often due to a desire to avoid conflict or to be perceived as favorable.

Performance Ratings

The assessment and documentation of an employee’s job performance using various methods, including qualitative and quantitative metrics.

Manager

An individual responsible for directing and overseeing the work of a group of people in an organization, making decisions, planning, and implementing strategies to achieve goals.

Severity Error

A bias in performance appraisal where the evaluator tends to judge all employees as performing at the same level, usually at an extreme of performance.