RST 230 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
True or False: Discrimination occurs when the object of prejudice is placed at some disadvantage not
merited by his own misconduct ANSW✅✅True
Prejudice ANSW✅✅A negative attitude toward a socially defined group and toward any person
perceived to be a member of that group
Chapter 1 describes some typical barriers to inclusion. The barriers to inclusion are:
ANSW✅✅Transportation, structural, and economic
Social, attitudinal, and psychological
Communication and lack of programmatic accommodations
True or False: According to the lecture 4 video, the architectural barriers act of 1968 mandates that
all buildings and facilities that have been built with federal funds, must be accessible to people with
disabilities. ANSW✅✅True
True or False: According to the lecture 4 video, 61 million adults in the US (26%) live with a disability.
ANSW✅✅True
True or False: Chapter 8 in your textbook states that the legal definition of disability is:
Someone who has a condition that affects a major life function such as seeing, hearing, walking,
breathing, problem solving, talking, and socially interacting with others. ANSW✅✅True
According to Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act, Public Accommodations
ANSW✅✅May not discriminate against qualified individuals with disabilities from participating in,
or benefiting from, full and equal enjoyment of the services, good, facilities, and advantages
provided by that entity.
Why concern ourselves with diversity? ANSW✅✅Moral Reasons
, Legal Reasons
Increasing organizational effectiveness
Chapter 1 in your textbook describes 6 Levels (or stages) of Organizational Inclusion. The last 3
stages are: ANSW✅✅Symbolic Equity, Substantial Equity, and The Including Organization
Diversity ANSW✅✅Is a situation that includes representation of multiple (ideally all) groups
within a prescribed environment.
True or False: Chapter 1 in your textbook describes discrimination as a negative or unjust treatment
of individuals/groups because of their identity; it is the behavioral manifestation of prejudice.
ANSW✅✅True
Attitudes ANSW✅✅a learned predisposition to respond in a consistently favorable or unfavorable
manner with respect to a given object. The enduring positive or negative feelings about some
person, object, or issue
True or false: According to the lecture 3 video deviance is defined by cultural and societal norms
ANSW✅✅True
Chapter 8 states that the legal definition of disability is someone who has a condition that affects a
major life function such as ANSW✅✅Seeing and hearing
Walking and breathing
Talking and socially interacting with others
Chapter 8 states that the ADA was written into law in ANSW✅✅1990
True or False: According to the lecture 4 video 61 million adults in the US (26%) live with a disability
ANSW✅✅True
ANSWERS
True or False: Discrimination occurs when the object of prejudice is placed at some disadvantage not
merited by his own misconduct ANSW✅✅True
Prejudice ANSW✅✅A negative attitude toward a socially defined group and toward any person
perceived to be a member of that group
Chapter 1 describes some typical barriers to inclusion. The barriers to inclusion are:
ANSW✅✅Transportation, structural, and economic
Social, attitudinal, and psychological
Communication and lack of programmatic accommodations
True or False: According to the lecture 4 video, the architectural barriers act of 1968 mandates that
all buildings and facilities that have been built with federal funds, must be accessible to people with
disabilities. ANSW✅✅True
True or False: According to the lecture 4 video, 61 million adults in the US (26%) live with a disability.
ANSW✅✅True
True or False: Chapter 8 in your textbook states that the legal definition of disability is:
Someone who has a condition that affects a major life function such as seeing, hearing, walking,
breathing, problem solving, talking, and socially interacting with others. ANSW✅✅True
According to Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act, Public Accommodations
ANSW✅✅May not discriminate against qualified individuals with disabilities from participating in,
or benefiting from, full and equal enjoyment of the services, good, facilities, and advantages
provided by that entity.
Why concern ourselves with diversity? ANSW✅✅Moral Reasons
, Legal Reasons
Increasing organizational effectiveness
Chapter 1 in your textbook describes 6 Levels (or stages) of Organizational Inclusion. The last 3
stages are: ANSW✅✅Symbolic Equity, Substantial Equity, and The Including Organization
Diversity ANSW✅✅Is a situation that includes representation of multiple (ideally all) groups
within a prescribed environment.
True or False: Chapter 1 in your textbook describes discrimination as a negative or unjust treatment
of individuals/groups because of their identity; it is the behavioral manifestation of prejudice.
ANSW✅✅True
Attitudes ANSW✅✅a learned predisposition to respond in a consistently favorable or unfavorable
manner with respect to a given object. The enduring positive or negative feelings about some
person, object, or issue
True or false: According to the lecture 3 video deviance is defined by cultural and societal norms
ANSW✅✅True
Chapter 8 states that the legal definition of disability is someone who has a condition that affects a
major life function such as ANSW✅✅Seeing and hearing
Walking and breathing
Talking and socially interacting with others
Chapter 8 states that the ADA was written into law in ANSW✅✅1990
True or False: According to the lecture 4 video 61 million adults in the US (26%) live with a disability
ANSW✅✅True
