CDT Unconscious Bias & Microaggressions

Question 1

What is unconscious bias in the context of diversity training?

Accepted Answer

Attitudes or stereotypes that affect decisions without conscious awareness

Answer

Unconscious bias refers to attitudes or stereotypes that influence our decisions, actions, and understanding without conscious awareness.

Question 2

Which type of unconscious bias involves favoring people who share similar backgrounds, interests, or experiences as oneself?

Accepted Answer

Affinity bias

Answer

Affinity bias is the tendency to favor and connect more with people who are similar to oneself in background, interests, or appearance.

Question 3

The Implicit Association Test (IAT) was developed primarily to measure which of the following?

Accepted Answer

The strength of associations between concepts and evaluations in memory

Answer

The IAT measures the strength of automatic associations between concepts (e.g., race, gender) and evaluations (good/bad) or stereotypes in memory.

Question 4

Confirmation bias in workplace settings most often manifests as:

Accepted Answer

Seeking out information that confirms pre-existing beliefs about individuals

Answer

Confirmation bias leads people to seek, interpret, and recall information in a way that confirms their pre-existing beliefs or hypotheses.

Question 5

The 'halo effect' in performance evaluations occurs when:

Accepted Answer

A single positive trait leads to an overall positive assessment of an employee

Answer

The halo effect occurs when one positive characteristic of a person influences the overall perception of that person in a favorable direction.

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