What does “sexism’ refers to?

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1. Stroebe and Diehl (1994) conducted a clever piece of research into why brainstorming does not appear to enhance individual creativity. They hypothesized that, during a brainstorming session, because may speak at a time, other group members have to keep silent, and may be distracted by the content of the group discussion or forget their own ideas. Storebe and Diehi termed this phenomenon ‘production blocking’, because the waiting time before speaking and the distracting influence of others ‘ idea could potentially block individuals from coming up with their ideas. The result of their subsequent study were clear-cut: participants generated approximately twice as many ideas when they were allowed to express their ideas as they occurred than when they had to wait their turn. But which two of the following can we infer from these results?
   1.That ‘production blocking’ does not occur in interactive brainstorming groups.
   2.That ‘production blocking’ is an important factor explaining the inferiority of interactive brainstorming groups.
   3.That it may be more effective to ask group members to develop their ideas in one group, and than express them to another group.
   4.That it may be more effective to ask group members to develop their ideas separately, and then express them in a subsequent joint meeting.

   A. 1 & 2
   B. 2 & 3
   C. 1 & 3
   D. 2 & 4

2. Stroebe and Diehl(1994) conducted a clever piece of research into why brainstorming does not appear to enhance individual creativity. They hypothesized that, during a brainstorming session, because may speak at a time, other group members have to keep silent, and may be distracted by the content of the group discussion or forget their own ideas. Storebe and Diehi termed this phenomenon ‘production blocking’, because the waiting time before speaking and the distracting influence of others ‘ idea could potentially block individuals from coming up with their ideas. The result of their subsequent study were clear-cut: participants generated approximately twice as many ideas when they were allowed to express their ideas as they occurred than when they had to wait their turn. But which two of the following can we infer from these results?
   1.That ‘production blocking’ does not occur in interactive brainstorming groups.
   2.That ‘production blocking’ is an important factor explaining the inferiority of interactive brainstorming groups.
   3.That it may be more effective to ask group members to develop their ideas in one group, and than express them to another group.
   4.That it may be more effective to ask group members to develop their ideas separately, and then express them in a subsequent joint meeting.

   A. 1 & 2
   B. 2 & 3
   C. 1 & 3
   D. 2 & 4

3. The subjective dimension of deviance refers to the_________?

   A. researcher’s discretion regarding the subject matter
   B. status of the behavior in the system of moral stratification
   C. general attitude of lawmakers
   D. None of these

4. A modified extended family refers to_________?

   A. relatives who live close by but do not share a household
   B. relative from a second marriage who share the same household
   C. aunts, uncles, or second cousins who share a household
   D. Kinship- type relatives who live close by but do not share a household

5. Gender role refers to_________?

   A. one’s biological sex
   B. a sense of being male or female
   C. a set of expected behaviors for males and females
   D. how masculine a boy is or how feminine a girls is

6. Gender identity refers to:

   A. a person’s identification with the parent of the opposite sex
   B. the set of expected behaviors for males and for females
   C. how masculine a boy is or how feminine girl is
   D. the sense of being male or female

7. The fundamental attribution error refers to the tendency of:

   A. observers to favor external attributions in explaining the behavior of others
   B. observers to favor internal attributions in explaining the behavior of others
   C. actors to favor external attributions in explaining the behavior of others
   D. actors to favor situational attributions in explaining the behavior of others

8. The term ‘role- conflict’ refers to which one of the following situations?

   A. Two individual with conflicting interests try to work together
   B. An individual faces two or more conflicting expectations
   C. Two individuals with differing specializations try to do a similar kind of work
   D. None of the above

9. Maturation refers to:

   A. the acquisition of socially acceptable behaviors
   B. the learning of social norms
   C. the physical and sexual development of early adolescence
   D. biological growth process that are relatively uninfluenced by experience

10. Hypothermia refers to:

    A. a symptom of a histrionic personality disorder
    B. unclear thinking
    C. a skin rash due to the lack of calcium
    D. feeling cold