Pennsylvania Psychology Law Exam Questions with Verified
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Chapter 15: Workplace Law: Harassment,
Discrimination, and Fairness
Title VII of the_banned racial Civil Rights Act of 1964
discrimination in employment.
However, US Representative
Smith added on gender
and sexual discrimination to
get the whole bill nullified; the
bill passed nonetheless
In Catharine MacKinnon's book, Sexual Harassment of Working Women
entitled
_____, she argues that sexual discrimination
harassment
is a form of___.
Quid Pro Quo: An exchange in which an employee must
comply sexually in order to gain a privilege, or not to lose
Name and briefly describe
one.
MacKinnon's two proposed
types of sexual harassment
Hostile Environment Harassment: Life is made so difficult
for an individual that they can no longer carry out their job
responsibilities
Between quid pro quo Hostile work environment, because legislators are still
harassment and hostile work figuring out what constitutes hostility
environment harassment,
which has more gray area?
Why?
The Equal Employment Enforcing Title VII
Opportunity Commission
(EEOC) is a government
agency created with the
mission of
____________.
,How does the EEOC Unwelcomed sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and
define sexual other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature
harassment?
, According to the EEOC, which Quid pro quo
type of sexual harassment is
more serious?
The EEOC rules that Harassment
employers have an obligation
to maintain a workplace free Intimidation
from __________ and _.
In legal cases, plaintiffs have to job performance
show that unwelcome
behaviors create an offensive employment opportunities
environment that interfered with
______________ or restricted
_____________
True or False: The EEOC True
ruled that plaintiffs of a sexual
harassment case must also
show that their employer
knew, or should
have known, about the harassing
conduct, but failed to take
prompt and appropriate action
Not all studies have asked about the same type of harassment
or used the same checklist of harassing behaviors
What are 3 reasons why research
on the People are often asked to think about events dating back
prevalence of sexual
harassment is difficult to several years Rates of harassment vary across work
research? settings
Women are about__times more 3-4
likely
to experience workplace
harassment than men
Who is more likely to harass a Another male
male: A female, or another
male?
True or False: Males and False; they agree on the more severe ones, but they disagree on the less
females tend to agree on both severe ones
the more severe levels of
harassment, as well as the less
severe ones.
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Terms in this set (157)
Chapter 15: Workplace Law: Harassment,
Discrimination, and Fairness
Title VII of the_banned racial Civil Rights Act of 1964
discrimination in employment.
However, US Representative
Smith added on gender
and sexual discrimination to
get the whole bill nullified; the
bill passed nonetheless
In Catharine MacKinnon's book, Sexual Harassment of Working Women
entitled
_____, she argues that sexual discrimination
harassment
is a form of___.
Quid Pro Quo: An exchange in which an employee must
comply sexually in order to gain a privilege, or not to lose
Name and briefly describe
one.
MacKinnon's two proposed
types of sexual harassment
Hostile Environment Harassment: Life is made so difficult
for an individual that they can no longer carry out their job
responsibilities
Between quid pro quo Hostile work environment, because legislators are still
harassment and hostile work figuring out what constitutes hostility
environment harassment,
which has more gray area?
Why?
The Equal Employment Enforcing Title VII
Opportunity Commission
(EEOC) is a government
agency created with the
mission of
____________.
,How does the EEOC Unwelcomed sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and
define sexual other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature
harassment?
, According to the EEOC, which Quid pro quo
type of sexual harassment is
more serious?
The EEOC rules that Harassment
employers have an obligation
to maintain a workplace free Intimidation
from __________ and _.
In legal cases, plaintiffs have to job performance
show that unwelcome
behaviors create an offensive employment opportunities
environment that interfered with
______________ or restricted
_____________
True or False: The EEOC True
ruled that plaintiffs of a sexual
harassment case must also
show that their employer
knew, or should
have known, about the harassing
conduct, but failed to take
prompt and appropriate action
Not all studies have asked about the same type of harassment
or used the same checklist of harassing behaviors
What are 3 reasons why research
on the People are often asked to think about events dating back
prevalence of sexual
harassment is difficult to several years Rates of harassment vary across work
research? settings
Women are about__times more 3-4
likely
to experience workplace
harassment than men
Who is more likely to harass a Another male
male: A female, or another
male?
True or False: Males and False; they agree on the more severe ones, but they disagree on the less
females tend to agree on both severe ones
the more severe levels of
harassment, as well as the less
severe ones.
