Soc 324 - Sociology of Sex and Gender 2 » Summer 2020 » Quiz 5

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Question #1
Today women receive about ___________ of computer science degrees.
A.   10%
B.   40%
C.   20%
D.   50%
Question #2
Women of color earn ____________ percent of bachelor's degrees in engineering.
A.   10
B.   20
C.   3
D.   1
Question #3
Women were once considered ideally suited for computer programming because:
A.   of their patience and greater attention to detail.
B.   they were considered creative risk-takers.
C.   they made up the majority of computer hardware engineers.
D.   of their general anti-social tendencies.
Question #4
Priming experiments have shown that when female students were told that there are gender differences in the scores on a math test before taking the test:
A.   they quit the test halfway through.
B.   their scores went down.
C.   they scored the same as male students.
D.   their scores went up.
Question #5
The gap between 8th grade girls and boys who say they like math and science is largest in:
A.   countries that were former British colonies.
B.   advanced industrial countries like the United States.
C.   Iran, Oman, and Saudi Arabia.
D.   developing nations.
Question #6
According to educational research, one of the most important ways to decrease domain disengagement in school for both girls and boys is to:
A.   use negative reinforcement techniques.
B.   provide monetary rewards for good grades.
C.   provide same gender role models.
D.   require girls to take AP math classes and boys to take home economics.
Question #7
The Latina fathers in the Flores (2018) article thought that their ________ should stay at home and take care of the kids instead of working outside the home.
A.   daughters
B.   wives
C.   sons
D.   brothers
Question #8
Many of the mothers in Flores' (2018) study of Latina physicians were concerned that medical school would:
A.   Americanize them too much.
B.   not lead to a good paying job.
C.   make them forget how to speak Spanish.
D.   take too long and delay them having a family.
Question #9
In relation to their education, “being a man” according to Morris’ (2008) research participants in his article "Social Class, Masculinity, and Schooling in a Rural Context" meant:
A.   valuing an education over money.
B.   putting minimal effort into school.
C.   working hard to get into college.
D.   competing to be at the top of their class.
Question #10
The boys in Morris’ (2008) research saw ______________ as the key to being successful.
A.   book smarts
B.   getting a good white collar job
C.   commonsense
D.   a college education
Question #11
The index of dissimilarity measures:
A.   the differences in wages between male and female dominated professions.
B.   the percentage of workers that would need to change jobs for all occupations to have an equal number of men and women.
C.   differences in standardized test scores between boys and girls.
D.   the percentage of immigrant groups in the US.
Question #12
The index of dissimilarity for occupational segregation has ___________________ from 2000 to 2010.
A.   increased significantly
B.   decreased significantly
C.   become an irrelevant measure
D.   stayed about the same
Question #13
The index of similarity is highest (most gender segregated) among jobs that require:
A.   the most experience.
B.   at least four years of college.
C.   a PhD.
D.   less than four years of college.
Question #14
Researchers who study occupational segregation and the wage gap argue that “devaluation” of a field happens:
A.   when the supply of workers outpaces demand for the product.
B.   when large number of men enter it.
C.   when large numbers of women enter it.
D.   when the field grows so fast and cannot keep up with demand for workers.
Question #15
The phenomenon of the “glass escalator” is the process in which certain men _________________when they enter female-dominated professions.
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
Question #16
Currently, women make up around ____________of Congress.
A.   24%
B.   60%
C.   50%
D.   10%
Question #17
In 2019, women made up an all-time record percentage of Fortune 500 CEOs at:
A.   60%
B.   6.6%.
C.   50%.
D.   10%.
Question #18
The gender pay gap is largest between white men and:
A.   Black women.
B.   Black men.
C.   white women.
D.   Hispanic women.
Question #19
Having children affects ______________the most in terms of lost wages.
A.   low-income men
B.   high income-men
C.   high income-women
D.   low-income women
Question #20
At the federal level, the United States offers ___________ days of paid maternity leave.
A.   0
B.   14
C.   30
D.   365

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