Quiz 5

A  the voices of marginalized women must be centered.

B  men should be excluded.

C  white women should lead the charge.

D  powerful women need to take the lead.

A  accusations of workplace harassment will be taken less seriously

B  broader legal definitions of sexual harassment

C  harassment cases will be unfairly investigated

D  fewer investigations of sexual harassment

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

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

C  her assailant went to prison.

D  she was the first female Supreme Court nominee.

A  10%

B  All

C  50%

D  90%

A  incompetence at the necessary skills for the job

B  the men were closer to their supervisors

C  not as many men passed the nursing exam

D  unwillingness to disassociate from “feminized” aspects of nursing

A  quickly move to positions of power

B  are discriminated against by their female coworkers

C  are excluded from managerial positions

D  are paid less than their female coworkers

A  companies are afraid of reverse discrimination lawsuits.

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

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

D  job growth overall has slowed.

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

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

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

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

A  low-income men

B  low-income women

C  high income-men

D  high income-women

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

B  when large numbers of women enter it.

C  when large number of men enter it.

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

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

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

C  highly educated women are filling these jobs.

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

A  become an irrelevant measure

B  stayed about the same

C  decreased significantly

D  increased significantly

A  commonsense

B  a college education

C  book smarts

D  getting a good white collar job

A  working hard to get into college.

B  putting minimal effort into school.

C  competing to be at the top of their class.

D  valuing an education over money.

A  more frequent use of contraception.

B  interactions with the criminal justice system for minor infractions.

C  more girls working full-time jobs during school.

D  higher rates of teen pregnancy.

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

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

C  people with more positive outlooks do worse on exams.

D  people with more pessimistic personalities do better on exams.

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

B  that it takes away mental energy needed to complete 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.

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

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

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

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

A  they were considered creative risk-takers.

B  they made up the majority of computer hardware engineers.

C  of their patience and greater attention to detail.

D  of their general anti-social tendencies.