Institutional Prejudice Occurs When

question 72

Multiple Choice

Institutional prejudice occurs when:

• A)employees of an organization are involved in groupthink due to time pressure, stress, and low collective self-esteem.
• B)the policies in an organization that are not intentionally set to exclude members of specific groups have a discriminatory effect.
• C)employees of an organization turn an irrational belief into an imagined disaster.
• D)an organization deliberately hires more men as compared to women.

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Definitions:

Neurodevelopmental Hypothesis

A theory that suggests disorders like schizophrenia are primarily the result of abnormal brain development early in life, possibly before birth.

Ultimate Cause

In biology, the deeper reason or evolutionary explanation for the existence of a trait, behavior, or structure of an organism.

Antipsychotics

A class of medication primarily used to manage psychosis, including delusions, hallucinations, schizophrenia, and bipolar disorder, among other mental health conditions.

Dopamine Receptors

Specialized proteins located in the brain and elsewhere that dopamine binds to, playing a crucial role in the modulation of various neurological processes such as reward and movement.