In spite of lower pay, women seem to be about as satisfied as men with their jobs. The most likely explanation for this is that
a. their work tends to be more intellectual than manual.
b. they receive more intrinsic rewards.
c. many women appear to evaluate their jobs relative to the situation of other women rather than to the situation of men.
d. women are less dissatisfied with low pay and rewards than men are.
e. the average female worker is less educated than the average male worker.
c
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Teenage births:
a) occur to nearly 100,000 women a year. b) have most sharply declined among Blacks between 1991 and 2008 c) have risen for all groups expect for Whites between 1991 and 2008 d) can be quite dangerous for the baby, although maternal outcomes are not significantly different from those of older women. e) have increased since 1991 because of the decline in stigma associated with births outside of marriage and the highly publicized pregnancies of several celebrity teens.
Sociological research on education has debunked many common assumptions. It has found that a. the education system is primarily a way to learn and to get ahead
b. poor children rarely have the same resources in schools that middle-class and elite students have. c. today, girls are achieving more rapidly than boys in the areas of math and science. d. social cliques do not form until adulthood.
Chances are, who would LEAST likely prefer contingent nonstandardized work?
A. Margaret, who is a middle-class non-custodial mother B. Saul and Ruby, a low-income married couple with two young children C. Alfeo, who is a single professional who values his freedom D. Mitra and Peter, who are a middle-age couple whose children are in college
Leticia, a high school student who has been in remedial math classes for years, changes schools and is placed in a regular math class. Her new math teacher encourages Leticia and tells her she shows promise. In a few weeks, Leticia is surprised to find that she is doing well in the class. This scenario is an example of
a.) the hidden curriculum. b.) using best practices. c.) the Pygmalion effect. d.) tracking.