What evidence would best determine whether a single test item is biased against women?

a. Do more women answer this question correctly now than many years ago?
b. Do more than half of all women answer the item incorrectly?
c. Is the item among the easiest for men but among the hardest for women?
d. Is the item written in simple language with simple vocabulary?


c

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A. Albert Bandura B. Lev Vygotsky C. Ivan Pavlov D. Konrad Lorenz

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Discuss risk factors and protective/promotive factors as they relate to key developmental tasks in adolescence.

What will be an ideal response?

Psychology

The rules of organization such as figure-ground and closure were developed by the ____ to describe how we perceive.

A. Structuralists B. Freudians C. Gestalt psychologists D. Behavioral psychologists

Psychology

A cohort is a group of people who have grown up together, but have non-normative history-graded experiences

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

Psychology