Midterm Workplace Diversity Dr. Morganson

How long is the leave provided by the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)?

12 weeks

Social construction is:

A theory that describes the process through which we develop shared understandings of the world.

_______ is when an employer's actions might seem fair on the surface but have adverse effects on a protected group compared to others; often unintentional.

Adverse impact

Intergroup contact works best to improve intergroup relations when...

All of the above

Which of the following are true regarding affirmative action?

All of the above

In the 1970s, Elliott Anderson and his graduate students conducted school observations, then designed and implemented a cooperative learning project called the jigsaw classroom. According to Aronson and colleagues, students in the jigsaw groups:

All of the above.

Kimberlé Crenshaw:

Is an African American lawyer who discovered that intersectional identity had blocked Black women from the protection of Title VII in a 1976 discrimination case against General Motors.

The glass ceiling:

Is an invisible barrier that prevents certain groups from progressing beyond certain levels in organizations.

Which of the following is FALSE regarding a narrow definition of diversity?

It is more likely to garner support from the majority

Social categorization is advantageous because it:

Allows for efficient mental processing.

Gunner thinks that Jews are particularly funny. He overestimates the association between being a stand-up comedian and being Jewish because both characteristics are very distinctive from the normal population. This demonstrates:

An illusory correlation.

In social science, acculturation refers to:

Changes resulting from contact with a dissimilar sociocultural environment.

According to Cox and Blake, valuing diversity can benefit organizations in which of the followingareas?

Cost, resource acquisition, marketing, creativity, problem solving, and system flexibility.

Bona Fide Occupational Qualifications (BFOQs)

Is a term that refers to certain situations in which an employer may legally require that employees be of a certain sex, religion, or age.

The fundamental attribution error may promote stereotypes because:

Observers see stereotype-consistent behavior as dispositional.

It is well known that nursing is a female-dominated field while construction is a male-dominated field. Which term best describes this pattern of male/female dominance in certain industries?

Occupational segregation

The Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) protects individuals from age discrimination if they are...

Over 40 years old

The glass cliff refers to:

The observation that, in comparison to men, women seem more likely to to be chosen for leadership positions in a challenging and perhaps career-threatening organizational crisis.

Self-fulfilling prophecy refers to:

The process of assuming something about another, then behaving toward them as if this incorrect assumption were true, and this assumption impacting the behavior of that person.

A sense of entitlement refers to:

Those who are privileged often do not realize that their good fortune is at least partly responsible for opportunities available to them. Instead it seems as if their talents and efforts justify these opportunities.

The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 made it illegal to discriminate against disabled workers as long as they are able to perform the essential functions of the job.

True

The Equal Pay Act (EPA) only guarantees equal pay between sexes if the jobs they are doing are similar.

True

Workforce 2000 was erroneously interpreted, which led to increased focus on D&I efforts

True

Which of the following refers to differential treatment considered intentional because of decisions to treat similarly situated people differently?

Disparate treatment

Feelings of fairness in regards to how rewards are allocated and distributed is called...

Distributive justice

Which of the following terms is defined as real or perceived differences differences among people that impact interactions and relationships?

Diversity

According to the concept of intersectionality, everyone has only an ethnic or gender identity and almost no one experiences an individual pattern of identity structure.

False

Characteristics of minority or non-dominant group often include:

Identifiability, differential power, discrimination, and group awareness.

Which of the following involves observing, interviewing, or surveying job incumbents in related jobs and typically produces a list of tasks and knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs)?

Job analysis

A form of justice judgment based on the fairness of procedures that are used to make decisions about outcomes is called:

Procedural Justice

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 refers to which of the following?

Race

The concept of privilege primarily concerns overt, visible discrimination.

False

Interactional justice refers to:

The fairness of interpersonal interaction in the context of of significant decisions.

The term meritocracy refers to:

The idea that good things come to those who work hard and have high ability

_______ are statements about how the public employer and its employees and contractors must behave as they carry out the state's business

Executive orders

Social dominance theory:

Explains the maintenance and stability of social hierarchy.

Equal Employment Opportunity requires reserving some positions for unqualified minorities.

False

Individuals differ in their sensitivity to equity issues. Benevolent individuals prefer for their own input/outcome ratios to be the same as a comparative other's ratio.

False

Pay equity and pay equality are synonymous terms

False

Which of the following is NOT one of the three basic ideas of Equity Theory?

If our inputs are the same as our chosen comparison person's inputs then we will feel that the situation is fair, regardless of the outputs of ourself and chosen comparison person.

The process that leads people of difference to become equally accepted and rewarded at workis known as...

Inclusion

What type of information is usually left out when using a stereotype?

Individuating information

The form of sexual harassment where a victim is pressured to perform sexual behavior under threat of tangible employment consequences is referred to as...

Quid pro quo

Which model refers to society's problematic and stereotypic expectations for men and women?

Sex role model

At the beginning of chapter 5, your textbook distinguishes between personal and social identities. Which of the following is true regarding social identity?

Social identity means identity based in feelings of relationships to others.

The Robbers Cave experiment pertained to:

Social identity theory

Which of the following best defines "ascribed status"?

Status given from birth by society

The process by which salience of an unfavorable stereotype can depress performance of someone in a stigmatized group is called:

Stereotype threat

What is the term used to describe visible characteristics that are often the basis for stereotyping and misunderstanding?

Surface diversity

When positive expectations lead to improved behaviors and outcomes this is called:

The Pygmalion effect

Socialization refers to:

both formal and informal processes occurring as a newcomer learns skills, knowledge, attitudes, and contextual information needed to function as a productive employee.

The tripartite definition of attitude has what three components?

cognition, affect, conation

Tera and her coworker, Gio, disagreed about why the glass ceiling exists. Tera thought that the glass ceiling was a result of the dynamics between majority and minority groups within their organization. Gio disagreed; he said the cause was based in the company's structure and process. Tera's explanation illustrates the ______ model and Gio's illustrates the ______ model.

intergroup; structural