In a study of fourth-, sixth-, and eighth-grade students, the Sadkers found that teachers were more likely to accept answers called out by students if the student in question was ____
a. female
b. male
c. white
d. non-white
e. a good student
B
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A Duke University committee on admissions called for a one-third cut in applicants accepted for development reasons because of concern that such admissions:
a. lessen the intellectual vitality of the student body. b. undermine racial diversity. c. undermine economic diversity. d. all of the above
According to John Gottman and his colleagues, belligerence, contempt, and defensiveness are examples of
a. low-intensity negative affect. b. refusing-to-accept influence. c. positive affect. d. high-intensity negative affect.
Sociologist Diana Pearce coined the term "feminization of poverty" which refers to the trend in which women are disproportionately represented among individuals living in poverty
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
If you heard someone argue that there is no pay gap between men and women, how might you respond?
A) You are correct; men and women have achieved wage equality and so the feminist movement is now irrelevant. B) You are incorrect; despite the feminist movement, women have made no progress in wage equality. C) You are incorrect; there is a pay gap, but women’s biological limits have limited their ability to compete. D) You are incorrect; while women have made some progress toward pay equality, that progress has slowed in recent decades.