When You Are Part of a Team Whose Members Have

question 18

Multiple Choice

When you are part of a team whose members have work styles different from yours, you should

• A) acknowledge the advantages of having a variety of approaches to work.
• B) make every effort to perform tasks on your own.
• C) try to persuade the others to see things your way.
• D) choose to work on a team that better matches your work style.

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Definitions:

Prejudice

Preconceived opinion not based on reason or actual experience; bias or discrimination against certain groups.

Stereotypes

Oversimplified generalizations about groups of people that may lead to assumptions and judgments without regard for individual differences.

Stereotype

A widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing.

Ethnocentrism

The belief that one’s ethnic group is more normal than others; an emotional source of prejudice because of people’s gut-level feelings about how right their group is—and, in turn, how wrong they think other groups are.