More and more women are falling below the poverty line. This is referred to as:
a. feminization of work
b. feminine relativism
c. feminization of poverty
d. relative poverty of women
c. feminization of poverty
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Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)
1. Random assignment was initially used to decide the order of treatments and stimuli; later, it became used to assign subjects to conditions. 2. C. S. Peirce’s work showed, among other things, that it is important to randomize as many things as possible 3. Philip Zimbardo received Institutional Review Board approval for his prison experiment. 4. Rather than using an inductive approach of observing and making conclusions, B.F. Skinner used the deductive approach of first forming a hypothesis to test. 5. According to the chapter, creativity is important in research in that it can help answer questions in the best way possible.
One likely effect of technology upon sales jobs will be
a. to increase the skill needed for sales work. b. to reduce discrimination in promotions. c. to increase the number of boutique-type specialty shops. d. to make sales work resemble clerical work. e. to increase the number of sales workers needed.
Where does modernization theory place the blame for global poverty?
a. On high-income nations b. On low-income nations c. On individual decisions d. On global corporations
What does “the double standard of aging” refer to?
A. Older men are more interested in sex than are older women because of hormonal changes. B. Older women are more likely to reside in urban areas and older men are more likely to live in rural regions. C. Evaluations of women’s attractiveness and femininity decrease with age, whereas evaluations of men’s attractiveness and masculinity are unaffected or even increase. D. Sex outside of marriage is considered taboo for older women, but not for older men.