A diversity awareness consultant submits a proposal to a company that wants to reduce stereotyping and prejudice. In the proposal, the consultant claims that his training program teaches employees to avoid the stereotyping process altogether when perceiving the world around them. "Our training will prevent the activation of stereotypes and other forms of categorical thinking," claims the consultant's proposal. Discuss the accuracy of this consultant's claim and explain what training programs can do regarding stereotyping.
Provide at least one example of stereotyping in the workplace that you have experienced or observed. What kind of training would you recommend for the situation in your example and how effective would you expect it to be? What other ideas do you have for minimizing stereotyping in the workplace? You conduct a survey of a sample of 25 members of this year's graduating business students and find that the average GPA is 3.2. The standard deviation of the sample is 0.4. Over the last 10 years, the average GPA has been 3.0. Is the GPA of this year's students significantly different from the long-run average? At what alpha level would it be significant?