Imagine that you are talking with an individual who is arguing that there are so few women in engineering because women lack the motivation and the spatial skills to succeed in this profession. This kind of explanation would be called a(n)
a. situation-centered explanation.
b. comparable-worth argument.
c. inequity explanation.
d. person-centered explanation.
D
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What is a common criticism of many of the studies related to childhood sexuality (e.g., information from Kinsey's data of 1948 and 1953)? a. Most are completed using participants who have experienced childhood sexual abuse
b. Most do not ask children questions directly but rely on parents to judge their children's sexuality development. c. Most are retrospective in nature and rely on older adults to remember what they did when they were young. d. More studies have relied on information from girls because they are more likely to be open about their early childhood experiences.
Research suggests that one of the best ways to reduce prejudice and discrimination is through:
a. perspective taking b. thought suppression c. counterconditioning d. free association
Compared to artificial concepts learned in science and math, natural concepts tend to be
a. easier to learn. b. very clear and well defined. c. fuzzy with unclear boundaries. d. good fits with a rigid classification system. e. biologically innate.
Omar needs to pull an all-nighter to study for his final exam, so he takes a large dose of stimulants. This best illustrates which of the five patterns of drug use?
A) Social-recreational B) Intensified C) Circumstantial-situational D) Compulsive