Deck 13: Sexual Harassment

Question 1

In 1997,what percentage of complaints of sexual harassment to the EEOC were by male employees against female bosses,rather than the reverse?

A)2%
B)12%
C)22%
D)32%

Answer 1

12%

Question 2

Define the reasonable woman standard,with regard to sexual harassment.Should this standard be used? Has it been?

Answer 2

no answer

Question 3

What do men have more y labeling as harassment compared to women?

A)An attempted compliment
B)Subtle advances
C)A hostile work environment
D)Sexual bribery

Answer 3

An attempted compliment

Question 4

Describe the studies conducted by Correll and colleagues. Are police officers more biased than civilians?

Question 5

Two cases before the Supreme Court are important in defining the limits of sexual harassment.Describe the facts and rulings in each.

Question 6

Distinguish differences between sexual harassment when men,as opposed to women,are the recipients.

Question 7

What sorts of characteristics do the EEOC use to decide sexual harassments cases? Which of these are most significant?

Question 8

How can a workplace be 'restructured' in order to combat sexual harassment?

Question 9

In large-scale surveys of the prevalence of sexual harassment,about what percent of female employees report that they have been the targets of unwanted sexualattention?

A)10%
B)20%
C)30%
D)40%

Question 10

An interactional model has been offered to describe when sexual harassment will occur.What are its components?

Question 11

In using the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to address sexual harassment,a person

A)is entitled to only back pay.
B)may be embroiled in lengthy court proceedings.
C)may have their award amount reduced by a judge.
D)goes through the criminal,rather than civil justice system.

Question 12

What is psychological injury,as it applies to a claim of sexual harassment?

Question 13

According to EEOC guidelines,there are two types of sexual harassment.Describe each.

Question 14

Can men be recipients of sexual harassment?

Question 15

The term sexual harassment was apparently first coined in what year?

A)1954
B)1968
C)1974
D)1992

Question 16

When was the term sexual harassment first coined? Under what circumstances?

Question 17

According to Gruber,a request for sex with either a threat or promise of a reward is called

A)sexual advance.
B)sexual posturing.
C)sexual categorical remarks.
D)sexual bribery.

Question 18

Can the outcome of a complaint of sexual harassment against a supervisor be predicted? What are some of the characteristics of the situation that lead to a decision favoring the complainant?

Question 19

What can psychologists contribute to improving working conditions so as to reduce the incidence of sexual harassment?

Question 20

Describe Gruber's typology of sexual harassment.How does it differ from Fitzgerald's typology?

Question 21

Sexual demands are made in exchange for employee benefits.According to EEOC guidelines,this reflects what type of sexual harassment?

A)Hostile workplace environment
B)Sexual categorical remarks
C)Sexual discrimination
D)Quid pro quo

Question 22

If ridicule,insult,or intimidation,are severe enough,the EEOC guidelines say that the following type of sexual harassment exists:

A)hostile workplace environment.
B)sexual categorical remarks.
C)sexual discrimination.
D)quid pro quo.

Question 23

Which criterion is the most stringent for determining a hostile work environment,meaning one would need stronger evidence?

A)A reasonable man standard
B)A reasonable woman standard
C)A reasonable person standard
D)A psychological injury standard

Question 24

A summary judgment is a judge's decision in favor of one side based on

A)the jury's verdict in a civil case.
B)the judge's conclusion that a trial is not necessary.
C)the amount of psychological injury the plaintiff suffered.
D)an objective definition of a hostile work environment.

Question 25

The reasonable woman standard was apparently used first in which of these sexual harassment cases?

A)Meritor Savings Bank v.Vinson
B)Harris v.Forklift Systems,Inc.
C)Ellison v.Brady
D)Oncale v.Sundowner Offshore Services

Question 26

Which of the following,according to Fitzgerald's typology,is the most serious?

A)Gender harassment
B)Seductive behavior
C)Sexual bribery
D)Sexual imposition

Question 27

In regards to men and women's perceptions of sexual harassment,men are LESS likely than women to

A)attribute the causes of harassing behavior to the perpetrator.
B)believe that a man can be sexually harassed.
C)label sexually aggressive behavior at work as harassment.
D)believe that a more stringent standard should be used in determining hostile environment.

Question 28

In which case did the Supreme Court rule on same-sex harassment?

A)Meritor Savings Bank v.Vinson
B)Harris v.Forklift Systems,Inc.
C)Ellison v.Brady
D)Oncale v.Sundowner Offshore Services

Question 29

In which case did the Supreme Court decide that sexual harassment that creates a hostile work environment violates Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act?

A)Meritor Savings Bank v.Vinson
B)Harris v.Forklift Systems,Inc.
C)Ellison v.Brady
D)Oncale v.Sundowner Offshore Services

Question 30

According to Gruber,a double entendre would be considered a

A)subtle advance.
B)sexual bribery.
C)sexual imposition.
D)threat of punishment.

Question 31

__________ is a type of harassment that is fairly to recognize.

A)Hostile work environment
B)Subtle advances
C)Quid pro quo
D)Psychological damage

Question 32

Among military personnel,women's reports about sexual harassment matched ______perceptions of management's attitudes about sexual harassment.

A)only victims'
B)only men's
C)researchers'
D)women's and others'

Question 33

What kind of sexual harassment is generally very to recognize?

A)Quid Pro Quo
B)Sexual Bribery
C)Hostile Work Environment
D)Sexual advances.

Question 34

In what case did the Supreme Court decide that a victim did not have to suffer psychological injury in order to establish the presence of a hostile workenvironment?

A)Meritor Savings Bank v.Vinson
B)Harris v.Forklift Systems,Inc.
C)Ellison v.Brady
D)Oncale v.Sundowner Offshore Services

Question 35

Men who score high on Pryor's Likelihood to Sexually Harass Scale

A)tend to believe common myths about rape.
B)describe themselves in keeping with the male stereotype.
C)think of women as sex objects.
D)All of the above

Question 36

What is NOT one of the basic elements that need to be shown in sexual harassment cases for the plaintiff to prevail?

A)That the victim was subjected to unwelcome conduct
B)That the conduct caused harm
C)That the violator was aware of the effects of their conduct
D)That the conduct was discrimination based on sex

Question 37

A meta-analysis concluded that gender differences in perceiving sexual harassment

A)are very small,but consistent across age,culture,and professional status.
B)are very large and consistent across age,culture,and professional status.
C)are only present in people over 40.
D)are nonexistent.

Question 38

In the majority opinion in Harris v.Forklift Systems,Inc. ,Supreme Court Justice O'Connor used which standard as the referent?

A)Reasonable person standard
B)Reasonable woman standard
C)Reasonable man standard
D)Reasonable employee standard

Question 39

Men who believe common myths about rape

A)are more likely to engage in same-sex harassment.
B)engage in sexual harassment whether the local norms encourage such behavior or not.
C)score high on Pryor's Likelihood to Sexually Harass Scale.
D)All of the above

Question 40

Critics of recent court decisions about sexual harassment claim that these conflict with the guarantees of free speech in what amendment?

A)First
B)Fourth
C)Fifth
D)Sixth

Question 41

Surveys of complaints to the Illinois EEOC and to the courts found that what percent of them were settled in favor of the complainant?

A)10-15%
B)30-40%
C)60-70%
D)85-95%

Question 42

Which of the following is true when men are the recipients of sexual harassment rather than women?

A)Men interpret a wider range of behaviors as sexual harassment.
B)Men report more quid pro quo harassment than do women.
C)Men report crude or offensive behaviors as the most frequent type of offense.
D)All of the above.

Question 43

Men may experience sexual harassment as

A)less offensive,or emotionally damaging,than women.
B)more offensive,or emotionally damaging,than women.
C)practically the same as women.
D)more offensive,or emotionally damaging when the harasser is male.

Question 44

Which of the following had no effect on whether a complainant won her sexual harassment suit?

A)If the harassment was severe
B)If witnesses supported her claims
C)If the organization had not reacted when told of the problem
D)If the harasser was a supervisor rather than a co-worker