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Question #1
Women were once considered ideally suited for computer programming because:
A.
of their general anti-social tendencies.
B.
of their patience and greater attention to detail.
C.
they were considered creative risk-takers.
D.
they made up the majority of computer hardware engineers.
Question #2
Stereotype threat is:
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 risk of physical attack based on stereotypes about your racial/ethnic group.
D.
the threat that results from doing much better than expected.
Question #3
Researchers think that the reason stereotype threat affects exam scores is:
A.
the person scoring the test relies on stereotypes rather than the actual answers.
B.
the pressure leads to women doing better.
C.
that it takes away mental energy needed to complete cognitively demanding tasks.
D.
that it helps students focus on completing cognitively demanding tasks.
Question #4
Positivity bias is important in the STEM fields because:
A.
having unrealistically positive views of yourself motivates effort and persistence on challenging tasks.
B.
people with more pessimistic personalities do better on exams.
C.
if students feel more positively toward their teachers they will do better in the class.
D.
people with more positive outlooks do worse on exams.
Question #5
Adultification is the process whereby black children are:
A.
robbed of childhood innocence.
B.
allowed to join the military earlier than age 18.
C.
not charged for crimes as adults until they turn 21.
D.
allowed to work at a younger age than the law usually allows.
Question #6
In their study, Epstein, Blake and Gonzalez theorize that the adultification of black girls potentially contributes to:
A.
interactions with the criminal justice system for minor infractions.
B.
more girls working full-time jobs during school.
C.
more frequent use of contraception.
D.
higher rates of teen pregnancy.
Question #7
In relation to their education, “being a man” according to Morris’ (2008) research participants meant:
A.
working hard to get into college.
B.
competing to be at the top of their class.
C.
valuing an education over money.
D.
putting minimal effort into school.
Question #8
The boys in Morris’ (2008) research saw ______________ as the key to being successful.
A.
commonsense
B.
book smarts
C.
a college education
D.
getting a good white collar job
Question #9
The index of dissimilarity for occupational segregation has ___________________ over the past 10 years.
A.
become an irrelevant measure
B.
stayed about the same
C.
decreased significantly
D.
increased significantly
Question #10
The rapid growth of service sector jobs affects occupational segregation because:
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.
Question #11
Researchers who study occupational segregation and the wage gap argue that “devaluation” of a field happens:
A.
when large numbers of women enter it.
B.
when the supply of workers outpaces demand for the product.
C.
when the field grows so fast and cannot keep up with demand for workers.
D.
when large number of men enter it.
Question #12
Having children affects ______________the most in terms of lost wages.
A.
high income-men
B.
high income-women
C.
low-income men
D.
low-income women
Question #13
Statistical discrimination is when:
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.
Question #14
One of the reasons that occupational integration has stalled since the 1970s is:
A.
the majority of women are still stay-at-home mothers.
B.
job growth overall has slowed.
C.
women have crossed into male-dominated fields, but men have yet to move into female-dominated fields in similar numbers.
D.
companies are afraid of reverse discrimination lawsuits.
Question #15
The phenomenon of the “glass escalator” is the process in which men _________________when they enter female-dominated professions.
A.
are paid less than their female coworkers
B.
are discriminated against by their female coworkers
C.
quickly move to positions of power
D.
are excluded from managerial positions
Question #16
From the Wingfield article (2009), what was one of the glass barriers mentioned that prevented the nurses from riding the glass escalator?
A.
the men were closer to their supervisors
B.
incompetence at the necessary skills for the job
C.
unwillingness to disassociate from "feminized" aspects of nursing
D.
not as many men passed the nursing exam
Question #17
________ of the Oscar-nominated films passed the Bechdel Test in 2016.
A.
10%
B.
90%
C.
50%
D.
All
Question #18
Mechelle Vinson's Supreme Court case was historic in terms of gender law because:
A.
it was the first time sexual harassment was considered discrimination under Civil Rights law.
B.
her assailant went to prison.
C.
she was the first black woman to bring a case to the Supreme Court.
D.
she was the first female Supreme Court nominee.
Question #19
What does Gersen (2017) see as the future of sexual-harassment law?
A.
fewer investigations of sexual harassment
B.
accusations of workplace harassment will be taken less seriously
C.
harassment cases will be unfairly investigated
D.
broader legal definitions of sexual harassment
Question #20
Tarana Burke, the founder of the #metoo movement argues that for the movement to be a success:
A.
men should be excluded.
B.
white women should lead the charge.
C.
powerful women need to take the lead.
D.
the voices of marginalized women must be centered.
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