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A Male Scored Three Points Lower Than a Female on a Selection

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A male scored three points lower than a female on a selection test.The female was hired.The male filed a reverse discrimination case on the basis of unfair use of test scores for selection.What evidence would he have to provide to support his claim (or alternatively what evidence would the company have to provide to support its hiring decision)?


Definitions:

Postdecisional Dissonance

A form of psychological stress experienced after making a difficult choice, typically involving doubts about the decision.

Cognitive Dissonance

The mental discomfort or stress experienced by an individual who holds two or more contradictory beliefs, ideas, or values at the same time.

Justification of Effort

A concept in social psychology suggesting that individuals assign greater value to outcomes they have put effort into achieving.

Mere Exposure Effect

A psychological phenomenon in which people tend to develop a preference for things merely because they are familiar with them.

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