The news often points out girls' relatively poor academic performance on standardized tests compared to boys' performance on those tests. based on the research presented in this chapter, these gender differences may be due in part to: . the gender bias that pervades standardized tests. b. biological differences in the ways males and females process information. c. girls' and young women's "fear of success" schemas. d. the power of teachers' self-fulfilling prophecies.

In 1914, alabama produced 1.7 million bales of cotton, but three years later produced only 515,000, bales. meanwhile, in georgia, 5.2 million acres of land was dedicated for cotton production in 1914, but by 1923 there were just 2.6 million acres used for growing cotton. all of this was the result of the work of a tiny insect: the boll weevil. alabama and georgia first felt the effects of the boll weevil at different times. what would account for this difference in timing?