All of the following were barriers to minority participation in early psychology except __________.

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The majority of early psychologists were all of the following except __________.
A.
European
B.
male
C.
lower class
D.
white

C.
lower class

Which of the following statements is not true about minorities in psychology today?
A.
Minorities make up half of the population earning degrees in psychology.
B.
Despite increases, minorities are still underrepresented in psychology.
C.
Several programs have been implemented to attract more minorities to psychology.
D.
The number of minorities in psychology has increased steadily over the last century.

A.
Minorities make up half of the population earning degrees in psychology.

Read the passage below and answer the question that follows.

During World War I, mental tests were administered to army recruits. The results of these tests were wrongly interpreted to suggest that Caucasians were superior to minorities.

This is an example of __________ bias in early psychology.
A.
sample
B.
testing
C.
gender
D.
racial

D.
racial

All of the following were barriers to minority participation in early psychology except __________.
A.
school desegregation
B.
academic opportunities
C.
career opportunities
D.
perceived level of intelligence

A.
school desegregation

__________ is best known for his influential studies on racism and its effects on child development, and for becoming the first African American to be elected president of the American Psychological Association.
A.
Kenneth Clark
B.
Francis C. Sumner
C.
J. Henry Alston
D.
Richard Suinn

A.
Kenneth Clark

The psychologist who was the first woman to earn a doctoral degree in psychology in the US and is renowned for writing a comparative psychology book in which she described the cognitive processes in both humans and animals is __________.
A.
Martha Bernal
B.
Margaret Floy Washburn
C.
Mamie Clark
D.
Mary Whiton Calkins

B.
Margaret Floy Washburn

In the 19th century, women were expected to conform to a certain role that entailed __________.
A.
gaining domestic skills and establishing a career
B.
going to college and getting married
C.
getting married and having children
D.
graduating from college and being a housewife

C.
getting married and having children

The psychologist best known for being the first female president of the American Psychological Association and for being denied a doctoral degree from Harvard because of her gender is __________.
A.
Mary Whiton Calkins
B.
Inez Beverly Prosser
C.
Martha Bernal
D.
Leta Stetter Hollingworth

A.
Mary Whiton Calkins

Read the passage below and answer the question that follows.

A psychologist conducts research on life span development by interviewing numerous men and then uses the research findings to describe the different stages of development that both men and women experience.

This is an example of __________.
A.
ethnocentrism
B.
ageism
C.
androcentrism
D.
racism

C.
androcentrism

A team of psychologists study personality development in the United States and generalize their research findings to describe personality development in China, Japan, and Korea. This is an example of __________ bias.
A.
gender
B.
Western
C.
cultural
D.
social

C.
cultural

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