Quiz 5

A  white women should lead the charge.

B  men should be excluded.

C  powerful women need to take the lead.

D  the voices of marginalized women must be centered.

A  fewer investigations of sexual harassment

B  broader legal definitions of sexual harassment

C  harassment cases will be unfairly investigated

D  accusations of workplace harassment will be taken less seriously

A  her assailant went to prison.

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

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

D  she was the first female Supreme Court nominee.

A  10%

B  50%

C  90%

D  All

A  the men were closer to their supervisors

B  incompetence at the necessary skills for the job

C  not as many men passed the nursing exam

D  unwillingness to disassociate from “feminized” aspects of nursing

A  are discriminated against by their female coworkers

B  are excluded from managerial positions

C  quickly move to positions of power

D  are paid less than their female coworkers

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

B  companies are afraid of reverse discrimination lawsuits.

C  job growth overall has slowed.

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

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

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

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

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

A  low-income men

B  low-income women

C  high income-women

D  high income-men

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

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

C  when large numbers of women enter it.

D  when large number of men enter it.

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

D  highly educated women are filling these jobs.

A  increased significantly

B  become an irrelevant measure

C  decreased significantly

D  stayed about the same

A  getting a good white collar job

B  commonsense

C  a college education

D  book smarts

A  putting minimal effort into school.

B  working hard to get into college.

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  higher rates of teen pregnancy.

D  more girls working full-time jobs during school.

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

B  allowed to join the military earlier than age 18.

C  robbed of childhood innocence.

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

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

D  people with more positive outlooks do worse on exams.

A  the pressure leads to women doing better.

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

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

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

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 were considered creative risk-takers.

B  of their patience and greater attention to detail.

C  of their general anti-social tendencies.

D  they made up the majority of computer hardware engineers.