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soccerdreamer_17

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The text cites a comprehensive study of gender bias in schools, suggesting that girls' self-esteem is undermined in school through a number of experiences. Which of the following is LEAST LIKELY to be one of these?
 
  a. A relative lack of attention from teachers
 b. Direct rejection by instructors
 c. The stereotyping and invisibility of females in textbooks, especially in science and math texts
 d. Test bias based on assumptions about the relative importance of visual-spatial ability as compared with verbal ability

Question 2

__________ is a measure of the estimated average lifetime of people born in a specific year.
 
  a. Life expectancy
 b. Life cycle
 c. Life span
 d. Life longevity



Natalie4ever

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Answer to Question 1

b

Answer to Question 2

a



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