Quiz 4

A  how seriously large companies take women’s safety.

B  given the benefit of the doubt when they report sexual harassment.

C  how women who report sexual harassment are silenced and retaliated against.

D  how the legal system works to remove sexual harassers immediately.

A  they face discrimination in the hiring process.

B  many tech companies have a toxic culture of sexual harassment against women.

C  women on average prefer people to things.

D  they are told that computer engineering is not “for girls.”

A  they were considered creative risk-takers.

B  of their general anti-social tendencies.

C  of their greater attention to detail and patience.

D  they made up the majority of computer hardware engineers.

A  companies are afraid of reverse discrimination lawsuits.

B  job growth overall has slowed.

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

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

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

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

C  when large numbers of women enter it.

D  when large number of men enter it.

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

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

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

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

A  highly educated women are filling these jobs.

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

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

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

A  75% male.

B  99% male.

C  50% female.

D  75% female.

A  increased significantly

B  decreased significantly

C  stayed about the same

D  become an irrelevant measure

A  getting a good white collar job

B  a college education

C  book smarts

D  commonsense

A  competing to be at the top of their class.

B  valuing an education over money.

C  working hard to get into college.

D  putting minimal effort into school.

A  the lower rates of college enrollment for girls than for boys.

B  the fact that boy are less likely to graduate, have lower GPAs, and are more likely to be disciplined in school than girls.

C  the fact that boys are exceeding girls in AP test scores across all subject areas.

D  the large numbers of girls who drop out of high school compared to boys.

A  people with more positive outlooks do worse on exams.

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

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

D  people with more pessimistic personalities do better on exams.

A  it contributes to domain disengagement from math and science.

B  women don’t want to be considered manly for liking math and science.

C  men are afraid that they will commit sexual harassment without realizing it.

D  girls score higher on math tests than boys.

A  they quit the test halfway through.

B  their scores went up.

C  they scored the same as male students.

D  their scores went down.

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

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

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

D  the pressure leads to women doing better.