In an Experiment Presented in Your Text, Women Were Put

question 63

Multiple Choice

In an experiment presented in your text, women were put in a group allegedly to discuss group decision making. One male member (a confederate) repeatedly made sexist remarks. The women who had been previously identified as valuing confronting prejudice, __________.

• A) failed to confront the sexist, and rated him highly as a group member.
• B) confronted the sexist and encouraged other women to do the same.
• C) failed to confront the sexist, but put him down in a later evaluation that was private.
• D) confronted the sexist and followed up with asking him to be removed from the group.

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Definitions:

Fruit Ripening

The physiological process by which fruits undergo chemical changes, becoming sweeter, less green, and softer.

Hormone

Chemical messengers produced by the endocrine glands that regulate various bodily functions by traveling through the bloodstream to target organs.

Phytochromes

A type of photoreceptor in plants that absorbs light to regulate growth, development, and flowering in response to environmental conditions.

Nonphotosynthetic

Organisms or cells that do not have the ability to convert light energy into chemical energy through photosynthesis.