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Suppose that a woman is about to take a chemistry exam, and the professor has just been saying that men earned higher scores on previous chemistry exams. If the females do indeed receive lower scores on this exam, a possible explanation would be
 
  a. stereotype threat.
  b. heterosexism.
  c. androgyny.
  d. androcentrism.

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Imagine that an article has just been published; it claims that girls score lower than boys on a test of logical reasoning. If parents convey these expectations to their sons and daughters, and the children actually act according to these beliefs, one possible explanation for these findings is
 
  a. gender-consistent memory bias.
  b. self-fulfilling prophecy.
  c. gender polarization.
  d. heterosexism.


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alexanderhamilton

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Reply #1 on: Jun 21, 2018
Answer to Question 1

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Answer to Question 2

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littleanan

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Reply #2 on: Jun 21, 2018
Thank you!


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