Systemic Discrimination Is Implicit, Automatic, and Unintentional, Whereas Intentional Discrimination

question 168

True/False

Systemic discrimination is implicit, automatic, and unintentional, whereas intentional discrimination deliberately puts the target person at an unfair disadvantage.

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Definitions:

Fan Effect

is a phenomenon observed in cognitive psychology where the time taken to retrieve information from memory increases as the amount of related information increases.

Retrieval

The processes by which stored information is brought back to conscious awareness.

Information Overflow

Information overflow, often called information overload, occurs when an individual receives too much information, making it difficult to process or make decisions.

Encoding Specificity

The principle that suggests the ease of recall of a piece of information depends on the similarity of the encoding environment to the retrieval environment.