The Belief That "Any of the Skills Needed to Work

question 24

Multiple Choice

The belief that "any of the skills needed to work with young children should not be highly rated because care giving comes natural to women" is an example of what type of gender bias problem?

• A) ignoring factors found in female jobs
• B) confusing job content with stereotypes
• C) biased job descriptions
• D) differential evaluation of factors

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Definitions:

Egocentrism

A lack of ability to separate one's personal perspective from the perspective of others.

Centration

A cognitive limitation in early childhood where the child focuses on one aspect of a situation, neglecting other important features.

Static Reasoning

A cognitive understanding that things do not change, mistakenly assuming that the world is always in the same state as it is currently observed.

Preoperational Thought

Preoperational thought is a stage in Piaget's theory of cognitive development where children ages 2 to 7 have not yet developed the ability to think logically.