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Read each question carefully and then select the best answer.



1

Estrogens and androgens both occur in both females and males, but in different concentrations.
A)True
B)False
2

Congenital adrenal hyperplasia occurs only in males.
A)True
B)False
3

Evolutionary psychologists argue that differing gender roles evolved due to reproductive functions.
A)True
B)False
4

The social cognitive theory of gender theorizes that children's gender development occurs as a result of sexual attraction to the opposite-sex parent.
A)True
B)False
5

Girls are more likely than boys to engage in relational aggression.
A)True
B)False
6

Androgyny is the presence of an abnormally high degree of masculine characteristics in females.
A)True
B)False
7

Boys receive earlier and more intense gender socialization than girls do.
A)True
B)False
8

The gender intensification hypothesis states that gender differences become more pronounced during middle adulthood.
A)True
B)False
9

Males most often engage in rapport talk.
A)True
B)False
10

The parental imperative is analogous to identity foreclosure.
A)True
B)False
11

"Triple jeopardy" refers to being female, ethnic, and old.
A)True
B)False
12

Ken believes that sex is acceptable only during marriage. This is an example of a romantic sexual script.
A)True
B)False
13

Americans' sexual lives are less conservative than previously thought.
A)True
B)False
14

Children raised by homosexual parents are three times as likely to be homosexual than children raised by heterosexual parents.
A)True
B)False
15

Genital herpes, HPV, and AIDS are caused by bacterial infections.
A)True
B)False
16

Many people lie about their sexual history.
A)True
B)False
17

Men cannot be raped.
A)True
B)False
18

Many individuals who engage in homosexual behavior in adolescence do not continue the practice into adulthood.
A)True
B)False
19

A sexually active adolescent who does not use contraceptives has a 90 percent chance of pregnancy within 1 year.
A)True
B)False
20

Frequency of having sex is greatest for individuals in their forties.
A)True
B)False







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