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

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Deliberate prejudice that individuals knowingly act upon

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Explicit policies that disadvantage minority groups

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A legal term for workplace discrimination

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

Affinity bias

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Confirmation bias

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Attribution bias

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Halo effect

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

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Explicit racial prejudice in hiring decisions

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An individual's cultural competence level

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Organizational diversity climate

Question 4

Confirmation bias in workplace settings most often manifests as:

Accepted Answer

Seeking out information that confirms pre-existing beliefs about individuals

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Evaluating all candidates using standardized criteria

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Overestimating the abilities of unfamiliar candidates

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Applying consistent standards across all performance reviews

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

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A negative trait causes an overall negative assessment of an employee

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Managers treat all employees equally regardless of performance

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Evaluators focus exclusively on recent behavior

Question 6

Attribution bias in diversity contexts typically refers to the tendency to:

Accepted Answer

Attribute minority members' successes to situational factors while attributing majority members' successes to personal ability

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Attribute the successes of majority group members to luck and minority members to skill

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Attribute majority members' failures to personal factors and minority members' failures to situational factors

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Attribute all workplace outcomes equally across demographic groups

Question 7

Which strategy is MOST effective for a diversity trainer helping participants recognize their own unconscious biases?

Accepted Answer

Facilitating self-reflective exercises and structured debriefs

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Delivering a lecture on bias statistics and data

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Telling participants which specific biases they hold

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Requiring participants to sign a pledge against discrimination