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Chapter 11 Objectives
- Understand the role puberty, cognition, and social context play in the development of sexuality during adolescence.
- Understand the four developmental challenges concerning sexuality during adolescence.
- Understand the process of sexual socialization in restrictive, semi-restrictive, and permissive societies and the effect this has on sexual behavior.
- Understand adolescents' attitudes toward sex.
- Understand the stages of sexual activity and the changes in patterns of adolescent sexual intercourse over time.
- Understand the changes in psychological and social characteristics of sexually active adolescents over time.
- Understand the differences between boys' and girls' responses to their first sexual encounter.
- Understand the development of homosexuality and the difference between sexual preference and sex-role development.
- Understand the prevalence as well as the psychological effects of rape and sexual abuse during adolescence.
- Understand the contraceptive behavior of adolescents and be aware of the most commonly used methods of birth control.
- Understand which sexually transmitted diseases most common during adolescence and the prevalence of AIDS among the teenage population.
- Understand the problem of teenage pregnancy and childbearing as well as the role of the father.
- Understand the effectiveness of sex education programs during adolescence.
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