Institutional prejudice occurs when:

A) employees of an organization are involved in groupthink due to time pressure, stress, and low collective self-esteem.
B) the policies in an organization that are not intentionally set to exclude members of specific groups have a discriminatory effect.
C) employees of an organization turn an irrational belief into an imagined disaster.
D) an organization deliberately hires more men as compared to women.

Institutional Prejudice

Prejudice that is caused by policies in the workplace that are not intentionally set to exclude members of specific groups or to treat them differently, but which have that effect anyway.

Groupthink

A psychological phenomenon occurring within a group of people, where the desire for harmony or conformity results in an irrational or dysfunctional decision-making outcome.

Discriminatory Effect

The negative impact of practices or policies that, intentionally or not, result in unfair treatment of certain groups.