According to studies cited in the text, U.S. workers of different racial and ethnic backgrounds
a. show remarkably similar perceptions of the pervasiveness of discrimination inthe workplace
b. show very different perceptions of the pervasiveness of discrimination in theworkplace
c. generally believe all workers receive equal treatment in the workplace
d. generally believe that discrimination, while it existed years ago, is virtuallynonexistent in today's workplace
B
You might also like to view...
A results-driven action plan for multicultural education should be ______.
a. individualized per child b. an individual teacher effort c. a schoolwide effort d. district policy
All of the following are examples of how the lack of available information make it difficult to include multiple historical perspectives in the curriculum EXCEPT
A. Political history in schools has emphasized White males in power positions. B. Racist and sexist practices of the past make it difficult to identify contributions of women and non-Whites in the areas of scientific inventions, literature and the arts. C. The oral histories, literature, music and the arts of ethnic minorities are inaccessible to outsiders. D. The contributions of minority soldiers and laborers have been excluded is historical monuments and photographs that provide a record of these events. E. There is an emphasis on the heroes within the nation's ethnic groups and a neglect of contribution of ordinary people.
As a problem-solving strategy, what might one suggest to an engineer who is designing a bridge of a type never built before?
a. Design and build the bridge more slowly than is normally done, so as to have the time to solve problems as they arise. b. Create a computer-generated model, to learn what problems may exist, before attempting the real thing. c. Create a team of engineers and assign each a part of the problem. d. Visualize the completed bridge in your mind.
Formal implementers are
a. teachers in schools that are implementing a new policy. b. principals in schools that are implementing a new policy. c. government officials authorized to see that a new policy is implemented. d. people to whom the responsibility for implementation has been delegated.