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With which statement do you think Larimore would be MOST likely to agree? |
| | A) | Spanking is always an inappropriate form of discipline. |
| | B) | Spanking will teach children to become violence themselves when they are adults. |
| | C) | Impulsive spanking, without forethought, is wrong. |
| | D) | Disciplinary spanking is harmful to a child. |
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Which of the following BEST represents Larimore’s opinion about Gershoff’s study on corporal punishment? |
| | A) | He believes it is being used inappropriately by anti-spanking advocates to prove the negative outcomes of spanking. |
| | B) | It should have focused more on spanking, and less on corporal punishment in general. |
| | C) | It justifies spanking as an appropriate form of discipline. |
| | D) | It is helpful for outlining the most effective, least harmful forms of spanking. |
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According to Hollinger, quoted in Griffith & Bergeron, the “strict scrutiny” test requires that race classification can be used in adoption if it |
| | A) | is something the child being adopted voices as important to her or him. |
| | B) | meets or serves a substantial governmental interest. |
| | C) | does not offend the judge making the decision on the adoption case. |
| | D) | is brought up early enough in the adoption process. |
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What is the NABSW’s stance on transracial adoption? |
| | A) | They strongly support it. |
| | B) | They support it, but only under certain circumstances. |
| | C) | They staunchly oppose it. |
| | D) | They have not stated an opinion about it. |
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What are two new terms that Ahrons uses to describe divorced families with which Marquardt takes issue? |
| | A) | Healthy and Well-Adjusted |
| | B) | Binuclear and Tribe |
| | C) | Combined and Growing |
| | D) | Groundbreaking and Courageous |
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What language would Marquardt prefer Ahrons use to describe divorced families, other than “changed” or “rearranged”? |
| | A) | Damaged or Destroyed |
| | B) | Sad or Pitiable. |
| | C) | Unbearable or Depressing. |
| | D) | Disrupted or Sidetracked. |
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According to Chris Jeub, about how many households in the United States have children in them that are homeschooled? |
| | A) | More than two million. |
| | B) | Only 10,000 or so. |
| | C) | Fewer than 1 in 1,000. |
| | D) | Approximately 50%. |
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Which of the following is a social reason Chris Jeub argues for homeschooling? |
| | A) | It causes children to see their parents as the most important people in their lives. |
| | B) | It enables parents to watch their children every second of the day. |
| | C) | It provides a viable alternative to situations where peer pressure may lead to unwise, unhealthy decision-making—such as abusing drugs or alcohol. |
| | D) | It allows parents to assign more chores to their children than they would be able to otherwise. |
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According to Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, Wen-Jui Han, and Jane Waldfogel, who believe that mothers who work outside the home have a negative effect on their children, an important limitation of previous research is that none |
| | A) | controlled for the quality of the child-care setting in which the children were placed. |
| | B) | controlled for the amount of work that mothers actually do. |
| | C) | measured the cognitive outcomes of early maternal employment. |
| | D) | controlled for the effects of first-year employment separately from the effects of employment later in the preschool years. |
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The main focus of the study conducted by Thomas M. Vander Ven et al., who do not believe that mothers who work outside the home have a negative effect on their children, was |
| | A) | delinquency. |
| | B) | social skills. |
| | C) | cognitive impairment. |
| | D) | grades. |
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Which of the following statements would Advocates for Youth agree with? |
| | A) | Abstinence-only-until-marriage programs are effective only if they are taught by educators who have a comprehensive sexuality education background. |
| | B) | Abstinence-only-until marriage educational programs too often provide young people with medically inaccurate information. |
| | C) | Abstinence-only-until-marriage programs are most effective with older teens, many of whom have already become sexually active and are more likely to regret their decision. |
| | D) | Abstinence-only-until-marriage programs should receive additional funding in the next federal funding cycle. |
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According to Advocates for Youth, all of the following are core values of comprehensive sexuality education, except: |
| | A) | Every person has the right to express their sexual fantasies, even in a school-based sexuality education program. |
| | B) | Sexual relationships should never be coercive or exploitative. |
| | C) | All sexual decisions have effects or consequences. |
| | D) | Every individual has dignity and self-worth. |
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All of the following are reasons why Thompson opposes the use of vaccinations with children, except: |
| | A) | They are not the reasons why many childhood illnesses have virtually vanished |
| | B) | They are too expensive |
| | C) | Vaccines actually place children at higher risk for the illnesses against which they are allegedly vaccinated |
| | D) | There are many adverse affects and both short-and long-term negative consequences that come from vaccinations |
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According to Thompson, why does the public not hear more about negative consequences of childhood vaccinations? |
| | A) | Because doctors either aren’t aware of symptoms that indicate a negative side effect, or because they are concerned that if they report the side effect, they will be left often to a lawsuit. |
| | B) | Because doctors really don’t care about anything other than making money. |
| | C) | Because the government is invested in keeping the companies that manufacture vaccines happy, and has directed doctors to avoid reporting negative side effects. |
| | D) | Because there are many fewer parents in the United States than single people; as a result, negative effects of vaccinations are much less likely to be reported upon. |
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How is biological sex determined? |
| | A) | Once a sperm enters an egg, there is a chemical inside the egg that selects an x or a y chromosome, both of which are carried in one sperm. |
| | B) | When a sperm tries to enter an egg, the outside layer of the egg cell can “read” whether the sperm carries an x or a y chromosome, and will only allow in the sperm that carries the chromosome that the egg has determined will create a male or a female baby. |
| | C) | The male sperm will carry either an x or a y chromosome. The sperm that reaches the egg first is random; if it carries an x chromosome, the baby will be a girl, if a y chromosome, a boy, and if a combination of or no sex chromosome, intersex. |
| | D) | The sex of the fetus is not determined until the second trimester of pregnancy. |
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What does “IVF” stand for? |
| | A) | In-Vitro Fertilization |
| | B) | Inter-ovulation Fecundity |
| | C) | Internal Verification of Fetal sex |
| | D) | Intra-uterine Vacillation of Fetal tissue |
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Farkas, Chertin and Hadas-Halpren found which of the following results from their 1-stage feminizing genitoplasty surgery: |
| | A) | Children with the feminized genitalia still exhibited so-called “male” characteristics as toddlers, such as attempting to urinate standing up. |
| | B) | Although the surgery seemed to be a success early on, by the time the child reached puberty, the vaginal sinus had closed up completely. |
| | C) | Initial results indicate that the surgery provides positive results, both in terms of appearance and functionality. |
| | D) | Initial results were positive in the first few weeks, but the effects of the surgery did not last for more than a year. |
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Of the patients on whom Farkas, Chertin, and Hadas-Halpren did the surgery who had CAH (Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia), all of the following was found to be true at puberty, except: |
| | A) | The introitus, or opening to the vagina, remained open. |
| | B) | The patients were able to menstruate normally. |
| | C) | There was no evidence of fibrosis or scarring around the perineum, the area of skin located between the introitus and the anus. |
| | D) | There was a significantly higher rate of urinary tract infections. |
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According to Collett, in Planned Parenthood v. Casey, the Justices O’Connor, Kennedy, and Souter observed that parental consent laws and notification laws related to abortions are based on the assumption that |
| | A) | consultation with parents and minors will be beneficial and parents have the best interest of the child at heart. |
| | B) | parental authority should not be undermined even if children do not get along with their parents and are scared to tell their parents about the pregnancy. |
| | C) | parents without a doubt will always be supportive of their children. |
| | D) | All of the above. |
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Collett believes that minors should be required to get their parents’ permission in order to obtain an abortion because it will improve the medical care of minors seeking an abortion in all of the following ways EXCEPT |
| | A) | in choosing a healthcare provider. |
| | B) | insuring that parents have the opportunity in providing additional medical history. |
| | C) | insuring that parents have adequate knowledge to recognize any complications that may develop after the abortion. |
| | D) | insuring that parents will also take the opportunity to encourage their children to take a HIV/AIDS test. |
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According to the Human Rights Campaign, same-gender couples may want to marry for all of the following reasons, except: |
| | A) | To have legal protection and security for themselves and any children they may have. |
| | B) | To have the social recognition of family, friends, and society at large. |
| | C) | To advance their political agenda in order to spite heterosexual couples. |
| | D) | To benefit from the emotional and financial structure that legal marriage can afford many couples. |
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According to HRC, why aren’t “civil unions” enough for same-gender couples? |
| | A) | “Civil union” just doesn’t sound as serious or life-long as “marriage.” |
| | B) | Civil unions must be conducted by a justice of the peace, and many same-gender couples desire a religious ceremony. |
| | C) | They are done in private, so that the couple does not receive the same social recognition as people who marry. |
| | D) | Civil unions only provide state-level benefits, which are recognized on a state-by-state basis, not the 1000+ federal benefits that marriage offers. |
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What was the confirmation that the National Review needed for emphatically endorsing the Federal Marriage Amendment? |
| | A) | The increase in the number of lesbian and gay politicians who were sharing their sexual orientations publicly rather than keeping it private to show their opposition to the amendment. |
| | B) | The hiring of a new editor-in-chief who is an Evangelical Christian. |
| | C) | Massachusetts’ decision to allow same-gender marriage in its state. |
| | D) | The commitment of several states to fighting for this issue by proposing or passing amendments to their own Constitutions. |
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According to the National Review, how many Americans say they are in favor of a Constitutional amendment defining marriage as being between a man and a woman? |
| | A) | 95% |
| | B) | 7-9% |
| | C) | There is no data measuring this opinion. |
| | D) | 55%. |
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As far as Timothy J. Dailey is concerned, the deficiency of studies on homosexual parenting is due to |
| | A) | a reliance upon inadequate sample size. |
| | B) | lack of random sampling. |
| | C) | lack of anonymity of research participants. |
| | D) | all of the above |
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Dailey’s objections to homosexual parent include his view that all of the following exist except |
| | A) | homosexual promiscuity. |
| | B) | substance abuse among lesbians. |
| | C) | high incidence of mental heath problems among homosexuals. |
| | D) | lower socioeconomic status of lesbians. |
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According to CBS News, how many internet users end up becoming addicted to cybersex? |
| | A) | Nearly 90%. |
| | B) | Between 8 and 10%. |
| | C) | None—the idea of internet or porn “addiction” is a myth. |
| | D) | 50%. |
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With which of the following statements would Dr. Joy Browne be most likely to agree? |
| | A) | That cybersex is cheating only if the person’s partner or spouse does not know about it. |
| | B) | That cybersex is cheating only if the couple falls in love. |
| | C) | That cybersex is not cheating because there’s no physical contact or exchange of body fluids. |
| | D) | That cybersex is not cheating because every part of it is a fantasy. |
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According to Kathy Labriola, what are “swingers”? |
| | A) | People who enjoy using sexual props to facilitate sex, in particular a sex swing or trapeze, which gave this term its name. |
| | B) | People who, as a couple, attend sex parties and/or meet sexual partners through personal ads for a shared sexual experience. |
| | C) | People who tend to seek relationships with males at certain times, and females at other times. |
| | D) | People who are in monogamous relationships, but who do not judge others for how they live their lives and their relationships. |
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What is a “group marriage”—where there are three or more adults living together, sharing expenses, and having sexual relationships with each other (but not outside of the household)—called? |
| | A) | An open relationship. |
| | B) | Cheating. |
| | C) | Polyfidelity. |
| | D) | Friends with benefits. |
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According to Reisman, how old are just over a third of female sexual assault victims? |
| | A) | 19-25 |
| | B) | 12 and younger |
| | C) | 65 and older |
| | D) | 15-17 |
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According to Gene Abel of the New York Psychiatric Institute, what did one third of rapists do just before committing at least one of their crimes? |
| | A) | Call a psychiatrist for help in stopping them from committing the rape. |
| | B) | Seek out the advice of a religious leader so they would be forgiven before committing the crime. |
| | C) | Viewed some kind of visual pornographic material. |
| | D) | Watched a sit-com on television. |
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For how long have gay men been banned from donating blood? |
| | A) | They are not banned from donating blood, that is a misconception perpetrated by the media. |
| | B) | Since 1977. |
| | C) | Since September 11th, 2001. |
| | D) | Since World War II. |
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According to Germain, what does the American Association of Blood Banks currently recommend around blood donations from men who have sex with other men? |
| | A) | They agree that the ban should continue. |
| | B) | They think that men who have sex with men who are over the age of 50 should be allowed to donate, but no one else. |
| | C) | They think that men who have sex with other men should be allowed to donate, since more recent blood screening tests are so much more sophisticated than they used to be. |
| | D) | They think the ban should include all men, not just men who have sex with other men. |
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According to Tunzi, why were statutory rape laws first enacted? |
| | A) | They were a smart political move by a federal government official seeking reelection over 500 years ago. |
| | B) | They were created to defend minors (specifically, girls) from older predators (specifically, men). |
| | C) | There was a sharp increase in teen pregnancy in the 1950s, and the laws were designed to imprison the men responsible. |
| | D) | To dissuade sex before marriage. |
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Why does Tunzi question whether statutory rape laws are effective? |
| | A) | Because he, himself, was wrongly accused and imprisoned for statutory rape when he was a young man. |
| | B) | Because the arrest rate for statutory rape offenses has not increased at all since the laws were created. |
| | C) | Because teenagers do not report rape when it is perpetrated by someone they know. |
| | D) | Because all teens are different, and age does not necessarily determine whether someone is able to understand the consequences of a sexual relationship. |
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