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Describe Frau Abbie's case of discrimination |
Played trombone in competition behind screen - won competition out of 30 players and became 1st trombone. Demoted after 1 year to 2nd. |
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According to the National Science Foundation.. In 1999 USA, what percentage of the science and engineering workforce was represented by women? |
24% |
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Which gender performs better in the early years of school? |
Female |
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By the end of school twice as many boys are in the top 5% of performers, what ratio is represented at the top 0.1%? |
Boys out number girls by 13:1 |
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Which researcher tested children aged 12 (average score of 500) and found that 2:1 boys scored over 500, 4:1 over 600, and 13:1 over 700 |
Benbow (1988) |
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Gender differences have remained relatively stable over time, however which researcher found that this gap may be decreasing? |
Hyde et al., (1990) |
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What was Maryam Mirzakhani's significant achievement? |
She was the first woman, Iranian woman, and Muslim to win a fields medal in mathematics |
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A _______ explanation should be considered before a cultural or biological one (e.g. gender) |
Statistical |
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With two groups of different sizes, which is most likely to contain the best individuals? |
The larger group |
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Bilalic et al., (2008) conducted a study on 100 German male & 100 German female chess players.. what were the findings? |
96% of the observed differences can be predicted by the much greater number of male chess players |
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(Attributions) Talented girls are more likely than talented boys to.. |
-Attribute their success to luck -Underestimate their abilities -See their ambitions inhibited by parents |
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Horner 1972 extended the theory of need achievement with what extra factor? |
Fear of success (women apparently have a greater fear of success) Support for theory inconsistent |
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What is stereotype threat? |
Presence of anxiety in a situation where it is possible to confirm a negative stereotype about one's social group. |
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What was Osborne (2007)'s study on stereotype threat? |
High stereo type group - told women perform well in this test Low ST group - women perform poorly Women perform better when told they will perform worse (same effect for men) |
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What was Inzlicht and Ben-Zeev (2000) study about the presence of others? |
Women taking maths exams with two other women present scored 70%. In presence of two other men .. 55% |
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Eyesenck (2005) linked psychoticism with creativity.. Why is this important in studies of gender differences? |
Men score twice as highly on psychoticism |
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What is Empathising-systemising theory (Baron-Cohen, 2009)? |
Females score higher at empathising (interest in others thoughts/feelings) Males higher at systemising (interest in rule following systems) Scientists/mathematicians score highly on systemising |
