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According to Sandak, half of the 19 million new cases of sexually transmitted infections occur within with age group? |
| | A) | 13-21 year olds |
| | B) | 15-21 year olds |
| | C) | 15-24 year olds |
| | D) | 18-24 year olds |
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As referenced in Sandak’s article, which of the following effects has NOT been attributed to sexuality education? |
| | A) | Reduced number of sexual partners |
| | B) | Increased sexual activity |
| | C) | Delayed loss of “virginity” |
| | D) | Reduces the frequency of sex |
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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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Buttenwieser’s overall position is that parents should stay together for the sake of their children unless: |
| | A) | the parents cannot tolerate each other under any circumstances |
| | B) | one of the parents is being abusive to the other or the children |
| | C) | one of the parents was known to be gay when they got married |
| | D) | All of the above. |
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Buttenwieser believes that parents should stay together: |
| | A) | forever |
| | B) | until the children leave for college |
| | C) | until the children are in high school |
| | D) | as long as they can maintain a civil and functional marriage |
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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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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 indicate that the surgery provides positive results, both in terms of appearance and functionality |
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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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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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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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The Supreme Court heard the case of Bowers v. Hardwick, in which they ruled that...\ |
| | A) | people have a right to engage in sodomy in the privacy of their own home |
| | B) | heterosexuals are allowed to engage in sodomy but homosexuals may not |
| | C) | states are permitted to have anti-sodomy laws |
| | D) | there is no federal jurisdiction over these state laws |
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The following Supreme Court cases are examples of constitutional protections for nonprocreative sexual activities EXCEPT |
| | A) | Griswold v. Connecticut |
| | B) | Eisenstadt v. Baird |
| | C) | Roe v. Wade |
| | D) | Romer v. Evans |
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Bedley says that two major items must be taken into consideration in deciding if cybersex is cheating. What are these two items? |
| | A) | interpersonal dynamics and perception |
| | B) | interpersonal dynamics and deception |
| | C) | circumstances and perception |
| | D) | circumstances and deception |
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Traditionally, whether or not a sexual act is considered cheating is decided by whom? |
| | A) | The person engaging in the behavior |
| | B) | The person’s partner |
| | C) | The couple’s therapist |
| | D) | None of the above. |
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In his piece, Dyson refers to American culture as being “monogamist.” Which of the following is the closest definition to Dyson’s explanation of the term? |
| | A) | Two people who live in a monogamous relationship |
| | B) | The expectation that all people live in a two-partnered monogamous relationship |
| | C) | A person who is looking to find “the one” or their “soulmate” |
| | D) | None of the above |
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____________ is when one or both people involved in a couple have additional intimate relationships outside of that pair. |
| | A) | Group Marriage |
| | B) | Polyfidelity |
| | C) | Polyamory |
| | D) | Synergamy |
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In his article, Grinwis states that online pornography: |
| | A) | Comprises 80% of the content on the internet |
| | B) | Skews towards fetish and “extreme” sexuality |
| | C) | Is accessed more by teenage boys than girls |
| | D) | All of the above |
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Which of the following statements is most congruent with Grinwis’ argument? |
| | A) | Pornography is not harmful for mature teens |
| | B) | Pornography requires abstract processing skills |
| | C) | Pornography is mostly harmless, except in cases of addiction |
| | D) | Pornography affects teenage boys more than teenage girls |
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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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