Which of the Following Is NOT True About Power

question 40

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT true about power?

• A) Power can be increased or decreased.
• B) In the U.S., all people are considered equal under the law.
• C) Everyone is born with equal power.
• D) Power bears a close relationship to interpersonal violence.

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Definitions:

Gay Employees

Employees who identify as gay, reflecting their sexual orientation towards individuals of the same sex.

Workplace

The location or environment where people are employed and perform their jobs, ranging from offices to industrial settings.

Normalization

“The process of constructing, establishing, producing, and reproducing a taken-for-granted and all-encompassing standard used to measure goodness, desirability, morality, rationality, superiority, and a host of other dominant cultural values. As such, normalization becomes one of the primary instruments of power in modern society” (Yep, 2003, p. 18).

Marginalizes

The process of relegating a group, individual, or concept to a lower or outer edge of social standing, making them seem less important or irrelevant.