Piren Conducted a Study into the Characteristics of Minority Women

question 55

Multiple Choice

Piren conducted a study into the characteristics of minority women who pursue mathematics and science degrees. Some of her findings suggest that Social Economic Status is an important factor in predicting which women continue in Math and Science and which do not. Further, parents educational background was the largest SES predictor variable. Piren will address each of these findings in relation to her hypothesis and the existing research in which section of her research report?

• A) Method
• B) Results
• C) Discussion
• D) Appendix

Understand the variability in eyewitness identification accuracy and confidence between genders.

Identify and describe the subsystems and components of human memory, including sensory, working, and long-term memories.

Comprehend the role and characteristics of sensory memory, including iconic and echoic stores.

Recognize the processes and challenges involved in memory recall, including the limited capacity of short-term memory and strategies for improving recall.

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Definitions:

Fundamental Attribution Error

A cognitive bias where individuals attribute others' actions to their character or personality, rather than external factors.

Self-Effacing Error

The tendency to attribute one’s successes to external factors while blaming oneself for failures, commonly observed in certain cultures.

Signal Detection Error

occurs when an observer incorrectly perceives or fails to perceive a stimulus, leading to false positives or negatives in the detection task.

Self-Serving Error

A common bias in which people take credit for their successes while attributing failures to external factors.