Assume that a culture has the following stereotype: Women are excellent at math

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Assume that a culture has the following stereotype: Women are excellent at math but have poorly developed writing skills, while the opposite is true of men. In which testing situation would you expect stereotype threat to impair the performance of men? Select one: a. When a man takes a math test with a large group of women. b. When a man takes a writing test with a large group of women. c. When a man takes a math test with a large group of men. d. When a man takes a writing test with a large group of men.

Explanation / Answer

Please consider answers in the serial order 1, 2 and 3

Ans 1. When a man takes a math test with a large group of women their performance will be impaired because men at poor at maths and women are excellent at maths

Ans 2. The hormone DHT stand for Dihydroxy testosterone. It plays an important role in the hair loss as it damages the hair follicles permanently. Testosterone is converted into DHT by the action of 5-alpha reductase enzyme. Adding DHT directly, will produce much better results.

Adding DHT to the early stages of development would definitely improve the performance of female rats on the radial maze, because it will help in the hair loss of the female rate early stages of her life as a result no hinderance will be produced in crossing through the radial maze and the target would be accomplished quite quickly.

Ans 3. CAH stands for Congenital adrenal hyperplasia. Boys with this disorder have enlarged penis and females have ambiguous genitialia. Answer to the question is the last one that 'It has no effect on the performance of boys and impairs the performance of the girls'

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