What would best demonstrate that an individual item on a test is biased against women?
a. The item was written by a committee composed of men.
b. More than half of all women answer the item incorrectly.
c. The item is one of the easiest for men, but one of the harder items for women.
d. The women with the best overall scores answer this item correctly more than others do.
c
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What will be an ideal response?
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a. an illusion of vulnerability b. an illusion of anonymity c. unbiased information seeking d. self-censorship
Jennifer would be classified as a majority child and is presently learning a second language. Jennifer will most likely
a. experience additive bilingualism. b. improve in a variety of general cognitive skills. c. experience no threat to her home language. d. experience all of these.
Why does maintaining a consistent euphoria from heroin use require multiple administrations each day?
a) Withdrawal symptoms can arise within about 8 hours after the last dose b) Tolerance develops, and the user must increase dosages to stay high. c) The body's release of histamines clears the blood of heroin after 4 hours. d) Low purity of street heroin requires users to administer the drug repeatedly to achieve euphoria.