What Is Overt Discrimination

question 45

Multiple Choice

What is overt discrimination?

• A)
• Knowingly and willingly denying diverse individuals access to opportunities and outcomes in an organization
• B)
• Focusing attention on individuals who are conspicuously different from us
• C)
• Perceiving individuals with high social status more positively than we perceive those with low social status
• D)
• Perceiving others who are similar to ourselves more positively than we perceive people who are different
• E)
• Using information about others in ways that result in inaccurate perceptions

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Definitions:

Stimuli

External or internal factors that elicit a physiological or psychological response.

Grasping Reflex

An involuntary movement or action where an infant closes their fingers tightly around an object placed in their hand.

Babinski Reflex

A reflex action in infants when the sole of the foot is stroked, causing the big toe to move upward and the other toes to fan out, indicating normal neurological development.

Months Old

A unit of measurement indicating the age of a person, or sometimes an animal or object, in months.