Diversity and Inclusion Training Jeopardy

This word describes the range of human differences in a group, such as age, race, gender and background.

What is diversity?

Unlike equality, which gives everyone the same thing, this principle gives people what they need to reach a fair outcome.

What is equity?

This is the feeling of being accepted and valued as a full member of a group.

What is belonging?

Coined by Kimberlé Crenshaw in 1989, this term describes how overlapping identities like race and gender shape experience.

What is intersectionality?

This term names brief, often unintentional comments or actions that convey a slight toward a marginalized group.

What are microaggressions?

This bias leads people to favor information that supports what they already believe.

What is confirmation bias?

In this effect, one positive trait, like confidence, colors our whole impression of a person.

What is the halo effect?

This bias is the tendency to favor people who are similar to ourselves.

What is affinity bias?

This bias means relying too heavily on the first piece of information we receive, such as a first salary figure.

What is anchoring bias?

Hosted by Project Implicit, this online test measures automatic associations people may not know they hold.

What is the Implicit Association Test?

Sending this list of topics before a meeting lets everyone prepare, not just the quickest thinkers.

What is an agenda?

In this meeting format, each person takes a turn to speak in order so no one is skipped.

What is a round robin?

Rotating this task of recording what was said keeps it from always falling to the same people.

What is note-taking?

This practice means repeating a colleague's point in a meeting and giving them credit so it is not overlooked.

What is amplification?

In this technique, everyone writes down ideas silently before any group discussion begins.

What is brainwriting?

Removing names and other identifying details before reviewing applications is called this.

What is blind resume review?

Asking every candidate the same questions and scoring them against the same criteria makes this kind of interview.

What is a structured interview?

Including interviewers with different backgrounds and roles creates this.

What is a diverse interview panel?

Instead of asking whether a candidate matches the existing team, many teams ask what the person brings, an idea called this.

What is culture add?

This part of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 bars job discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex or national origin.

What is Title VII?

This term describes a witness who steps in to help when someone is being mistreated.

What is an upstander?

This is an employee-led group, often company-sponsored, built around a shared identity or experience.

What is an employee resource group (ERG)?

A common training maxim says that what counts is not only a speaker's intent but also this, the effect on the listener.

What is impact?

Described by Amy Edmondson, this is a shared belief that you can speak up without being punished or humiliated.

What is psychological safety?

Unlike mentoring, this means a senior leader actively uses their influence to advocate for someone's advancement.

What is sponsorship?

This on-screen text lets people who are deaf or hard of hearing follow a video.

What are captions?

This 1990 US law prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities.

What is the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)?

This short written description is attached to an image so screen readers can describe it.

What is alt text?

This is a change to a job or workspace that helps an employee with a disability do the work.

What is a reasonable accommodation?

The WCAG accessibility guidelines ask for at least a 4.5 to 1 ratio of this between normal text and its background.

What is color contrast?