Preventing Implicit (Unconscious) Bias from Undermining Resident Care: Pre-Test

Please select the date this live training occurred.*

1. Implicit bias is defined as:*

a) Mental shortcuts that help prompt short responses during intakes

b) Set ideas that are deliberate and often inaccurate about what someone is like

c) Unconscious attitudes that precipitate unintentional discriminatory behavior

2. Which of the following negative effects among residential nursing facilities are associated with implicit bias?*

a) Delay in discharging residents

b) Less time involved in resident care

c) Lack of referrals for specialty care

3. Heuristics are defined as:*

a) Mental shortcuts that help people some up and respond to situations quickly

b) Neurological processes used to critically analyze and problem solve situations

c) Typically lead to well-informed assessments

4. Bias is an attribute that exists only within some people as a result of their socialization.*

a) True

b) False

5. Stereotypes are often pejorative characterizations of groups of individuals that are:*

a) A result from international travel

b) Consciously accepted and practiced

c) Based on limited previous encounters

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