Which of the Following Statements Is True

question 9

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is true?

• A) Now that women are in the workforce in nearly the same proportion as men, the differences between men's and women's careers are expected to disappear by 2015.
• B) Policies that encourage sequencing are needed in order to recruit women with children into the full-time workforce.
• C) Glass ceiling allows women to efficiently strike a balance between their personal lives and careers.
• D) Job sequencing has proven to be a successful career tactic for women wishing to combine work and family, since its impacts on career advancement are nonexistent.

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Definitions:

Object Permanence

The understanding that objects continue to exist even when they cannot be seen, heard, or otherwise sensed, a concept typically developed during infancy.

Sensorimotor Substage

A phase in Piaget's theory of cognitive development, where infants learn through interacting with the world via their senses and actions.

Secondary Circular Reactions

Part of Piaget's theory of cognitive development, these are repetitive actions in infants aged 4-8 months that reflect the infant's discovery of actions and their effects on the environment.

Primary Circular Reactions

Early infantile behaviors, identified in Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development, characterized by repetitive actions that focus on the infant's own body, usually discovered by chance.