overt

Examples of overt in the following topics:

• Personal Biases

  • Halo effect: This is the distortion of a person's overt positive or negative characteristics that are amplified and applied to other situations or scenarios.

• Article III

  • No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court.

• Religion and Social Control

  • This is in stark contrast to other scholars, many of whom pursue knowledge for knowledge's sake, and lack overt political aims.

• The Organizational Chart

  • A flat chart will simply look like a line of boxes with no overt authority implied.

• The New Nation's Economy

  • Alexander Hamilton, one of the nation's Founding Fathers and its first secretary of the treasury, advocated an economic development strategy in which the federal government would nurture infant industries by providing overt subsidies and imposing protective tariffs on imports.

• Team Conflict Resolution and Management

  • Although these three approaches all bring overt conflict to an end, team cohesion can suffer if members perceive the process itself as unfair, disrespectful, or overly contentious.

• Jim Crow and the Civil Rights Movement

  • After the period of Reconstruction, the American South maintained an entrenched system of overt, state-sanctioned racial discrimination and oppression.

• Stages of Socialization Throughout the Life Span

  • In adulthood, socialization involves more overt and specific norms and behaviors, such as those related to the work role as well as more superficial personality features.

• Price Leadership

  • An alternative to overt collusion is tacit collusion, in which firms have an unspoken understanding that limits their competition.

• Physical Development in Adulthood

  • The aging process, although not overt, begins during early adulthood.