Which of the Following Statements Accurately Reflects Trends During the 1920s

question 56

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements accurately reflects trends during the 1920s regarding women in the work force?

• A) With their new feeling of "liberation" gained during World War I, women made gigantic inroads into previously all-male professions.
• B) Most college women entered such traditionally "female" professions as nursing, school teaching, and librarianship.
• C) The proportion of working women who were single rose by about 30%, as single women came to dominate teaching at the university level.
• D) The number of women in the workforce declined.
• E) The number of women physicians soared.

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Definitions:

Reality Principle

An ego function that negotiates between the desires of the id and the limitations of the external world.

Ego

In psychoanalytic theory, the part of the personality structure that mediates between the demands of the id, superego, and reality.

Id

A reservoir of unconscious psychic energy that, according to Freud, strives to satisfy basic sexual and aggressive drives. The id operates on the pleasure principle, demanding immediate gratification.

Personality

An individual's characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling, and acting, which makes them unique.