Quiz 5

A  powerful women need to take the lead.

B  men should be excluded.

C  the voices of marginalized women must be centered.

D  white women should lead the charge.

A  fewer investigations of sexual harassment

B  broader legal definitions of sexual harassment

C  accusations of workplace harassment will be taken less seriously

D  harassment cases will be unfairly investigated

A  she was the first black woman to bring a case to the Supreme Court.

B  she was the first female Supreme Court nominee.

C  her assailant went to prison.

D  it was the first time sexual harassment was considered discrimination under Civil Rights law.

A  All

B  90%

C  10%

D  50%

A  not as many men passed the nursing exam

B  the men were closer to their supervisors

C  unwillingness to disassociate from “feminized” aspects of nursing

D  incompetence at the necessary skills for the job

A  quickly move to positions of power

B  are paid less than their female coworkers

C  are discriminated against by their female coworkers

D  are excluded from managerial positions

A  job growth overall has slowed.

B  women have crossed into male-dominated fields, but men have yet to move into female-dominated fields in similar numbers.

C  the majority of women are still stay-at-home mothers.

D  companies are afraid of reverse discrimination lawsuits.

A  employers make hiring decisions at random so as to not discriminate.

B  employers have a certain number of jobs that they must fill with a female candidate.

C  employers have a certain number of jobs that they must fill with a candidate who is a person of color.

D  employers make assumptions about how workers will perform based on the groups to which they belong.

A  high income-men

B  high income-women

C  low-income women

D  low-income men

A  when large numbers of women enter it.

B  when the supply of workers outpaces demand for the product.

C  when large number of men enter it.

D  when the field grows so fast and cannot keep up with demand for workers.

A  there are not enough men of working age to fill all the new jobs.

B  highly educated women are filling these jobs.

C  these jobs are primarily being filled by college-educated men.

D  these jobs have high concentrations of women since they represent formerly unpaid tasks historically performed by women.

A  stayed about the same

B  decreased significantly

C  increased significantly

D  become an irrelevant measure

A  commonsense

B  getting a good white collar job

C  book smarts

D  a college education

A  putting minimal effort into school.

B  valuing an education over money.

C  competing to be at the top of their class.

D  working hard to get into college.

A  more girls working full-time jobs during school.

B  higher rates of teen pregnancy.

C  interactions with the criminal justice system for minor infractions.

D  more frequent use of contraception.

A  allowed to join the military earlier than age 18.

B  robbed of childhood innocence.

C  not charged for crimes as adults until they turn 21.

D  allowed to work at a younger age than the law usually allows.

A  people with more pessimistic personalities do better on exams.

B  if students feel more positively toward their teachers they will do better in the class.

C  people with more positive outlooks do worse on exams.

D  having unrealistically positive views of yourself motivates effort and persistence on challenging tasks.

A  that it helps students focus on completing cognitively demanding tasks.

B  the person scoring the test relies on stereotypes rather than the actual answers.

C  the pressure leads to women doing better.

D  that it takes away mental energy needed to complete cognitively demanding tasks.

A  a way that women threaten men in a female-dominated industry.

B  the concern your performance will confirm a negative stereotype about a group to which you belong.

C  the threat that results from doing much better than expected.

D  the risk of physical attack based on stereotypes about your racial/ethnic group.

A  they made up the majority of computer hardware engineers.

B  of their general anti-social tendencies.

C  of their patience and greater attention to detail.

D  they were considered creative risk-takers.