A Recent Study Investigating Discrimination in Hiring Found That 20

question 79

Multiple Choice

A recent study investigating discrimination in hiring found that 20 percent of the employers in the sample discriminated against African Americans and 7 percent discriminated against whites.If the sample of firms is representative of the population as a whole,it can be predicted that:

• A)African Americans will earn more on average than whites even when they are equally qualified.
• B)African Americans will earn more than whites in 20 percent of the firms and whites will earn more than African Americans in 7 percent of the firms.
• C)equally qualified African Americans and whites will earn the same on average,but the proportion of African Americans to whites will vary across firms.
• D)20 percent of the African Americans and 7 percent of the whites will earn more than the average wage.

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Definitions:

Collective Unconscious

A part of the unconscious mind that is shared among beings of the same species, containing innate, universal predispositions.

Personal Unconscious

A term in Jungian psychology referring to a component of the mind containing forgotten or suppressed experiences unique to an individual.

Unconscious

The part of the mind that contains thoughts, memories, and desires not within current conscious awareness but can influence behavior.

Psychosexual Stage

In Freudian psychology, one of the developmental stages (oral, anal, phallic, latency, genital) through which a child's personality forms as they experience sexual pleasures from specific body areas and caregivers interfere or do not interfere with these pleasures.