A Diversity Awareness Consultant Submits a Proposal to a Company

question 27

Essay

A diversity awareness consultant submits a proposal to a company that wants to reduce stereotyping and prejudice. In the proposal, the consultant claims that his training program teaches employees to avoid the stereotyping process altogether when perceiving the world around them. "Our training will prevent the activation of stereotypes and other forms of categorical thinking," claims the consultant's proposal. Discuss the accuracy of this consultant's claim and explain what training programs can do regarding stereotyping.

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Definitions:

True One

Often refers to something or someone regarded as genuinely authentic or real.

Statistically Significant

A mathematical indication that a result is not likely to have occurred by chance alone, suggesting a real effect or relationship exists in the data.

Chance Variation

Fluctuations in data that result from random differences in samples or experimental conditions.

Means

Methods or ways of achieving something.