Over the past few decades the number of women in the work force has increased dramatically. Discuss how this increase has influenced our culture's understanding of the development of expertise as it relates to gender roles
What will be an ideal response?
Answers should include discussion about more females in roles that were once
typically dominated by males (surgeons, pilots, and so on) as well as the change in
views on "women's work." As more women are entering the workplace, more men
are now doing jobs once regarded as "women's work." It is evident that not all
women are good housewives and that men are just as capable as women of
becoming experts in domestic work.
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A. Prisca is more likely to become an obese adult and practice unhealthy eating habits. B. Prisca is more likely to lose weight as an adult because she will become ashamed of her body. C. Prisca will seek out nutritional advice because she will begin to side with her classmates. D. Prisca will be emotionally affected by the teasing, but it will have no bearing on her adult life.
"Blinding" the researcher is a strategy for overcoming which threat to validity?
a. evaluation apprehension b. role demands c. experimenter bias d. selection bias
Which of the following research perspectives assumes that negative outcomes among ethnic minority groups reflect the fact that these groups don't "measure up" to the standards of the Euro-American majority?
A) strength and resilience perspective B) cultural deficit perspective C) acculturation model D) socio-cultural perspective
According to Bob, all women are emotional and gentle. Bob's beliefs about women
a. are atypical for Americans. b. show that he sees women as possessing many instrumental traits. c. are shared equally by adults worldwide. d. are best described as gender stereotypes.