If the Disability Claimed by the Employee Is Based on a Disease

question 51

Multiple Choice

If the disability claimed by the employee is based on a disease, the court will determine if the employee is "otherwise qualified" by

• A) assessing the level of risk the employee poses to herself or to her co-workers.
• B) determining how long the employee will be capable of performing the essential functions of the job before the disease renders her totally disabled.
• C) comparing the employee's ability to perform the essential functions of the job with other disabled applicants.
• D) ascertaining whether the disease is psychological or physiological.

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Definitions:

Resource-Limited Processing

A concept in cognitive psychology that suggests there is a finite amount of cognitive resources available for processing information, which limits the number of tasks we can perform simultaneously.

Vigilance Requirement

The need for sustained attention and alertness over prolonged periods to detect and respond to small or infrequent changes or signals.

Treisman's Theory

A theory proposed by Anne Treisman that emphasizes the importance of attention in perception, particularly in integrating features into cohesive objects.

Unattended Information

Information that is present in the environment but is not the focus of attention and thus is not processed deeply or remembered well.