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Sexuality is a(n) _____ part of adolescent development. |
| | A) | abnormal |
| | B) | normal |
| | C) | unhealthy |
| | D) | unimportant |
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Which statement about adolescents' sexual behavior is NOT true? |
| | A) | Sexual self-report information is often inaccurate. |
| | B) | Sexually explicit TV shows have little effect on adolescents' sexual behavior. |
| | C) | U.S. adolescents are increasingly engaging in oral sex at an earlier age. |
| | D) | Adolescents are guided by sexual scripts. |
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According to a recent study, approximately _____ % of adolescents have had sexual intercourse by age 20. |
| | A) | 24 |
| | B) | 33 |
| | C) | 52 |
| | D) | 77 |
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Members of which ethnic group are MOST likely to begin engaging in sexual behaviors later than members of the other groups? |
| | A) | African Americans |
| | B) | Asian Americans |
| | C) | Latinos |
| | D) | non-Latino Whites |
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Several studies have found that adolescent females are more likely than their male counterparts to report the main reason for having sex was |
| | A) | being in love. |
| | B) | thinking they are ready. |
| | C) | wanting to be loved. |
| | D) | they did not want to be teased for being a virgin. |
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Which of the following would be a risk factor for early initiation of sexual intercourse? |
| | A) | low parental communication |
| | B) | maternal communication about sex |
| | C) | learning about contraception in school |
| | D) | high academic achievement |
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An individual sexually attracted to both females and males is |
| | A) | bisexual. |
| | B) | homosexual. |
| | C) | heterosexual. |
| | D) | transsexual. |
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Which of these statements about homosexuality is true? |
| | A) | The American Psychiatric Association does not consider homosexuality to be a disorder. |
| | B) | "Homosexual" is a clear-cut sexual type. |
| | C) | Sexual-minority and heterosexual people have different physiological responses during sexual arousal. |
| | D) | Homosexuality clearly has a hormonal cause. |
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Research on the effects of genetics on homosexuality has found that |
| | A) | genes have more of an effect on women then men. |
| | B) | genes play no effect in homosexuality. |
| | C) | genes play a very large effect in both men and women. |
| | D) | genes have more of an effect on men then women. |
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| 10 | |
Fredrick and Stephan go to look at an apartment to rent and hold hands while looking around. The owner states that he doesn't want to rent to them because they are holding hands. This bias most clearly demonstrates |
| | A) | sexism |
| | B) | homophobia |
| | C) | heterophopia |
| | D) | racism |
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Stephanie is attracted to other girls but has dated boys to make her friends happy even though she has no attraction to them. Stephanie would be classified as |
| | A) | bisexual. |
| | B) | homosexual. |
| | C) | heterosexual. |
| | D) | transsexual. |
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| 12 | |
Which of these statements about masturbation is TRUE? |
| | A) | Slightly more college women masturbate than do college men. |
| | B) | Masturbation in preadolescence is associated with poor sexual adjustment in adulthood. |
| | C) | Nearly half of adolescents attach a stigma to masturbation. |
| | D) | Masturbation is the most frequent sexual outlet for many adolescents. |
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Which statement about adolescents' use of contraceptives is NOT true? |
| | A) | Condom use by U.S. adolescents is lower than use by teens in Europe. |
| | B) | Sexually active younger adolescents are less likely than older adolescents to use contraception. |
| | C) | Older adolescents are more likely than younger adolescents to use the pill or a diaphragm. |
| | D) | European adolescents have easier access to family planning services than do U.S. adolescents. |
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Which statement about adolescent pregnancy is NOT true? |
| | A) | Childbearing is regarded as an adult activity in European countries. |
| | B) | The United States has the highest rate of adolescent pregnancy in the developed world. |
| | C) | Schools in Great Britain, France, Sweden, and most of Canada have more comprehensive sex education programs than do schools in the United States. |
| | D) | U.S. adolescent girls who had abortions did not function as well later as did girls who delivered their babies. |
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Since 1991, the rate of birth to adolescent girls in the United States has |
| | A) | increased dramatically. |
| | B) | increased slightly. |
| | C) | decreased. |
| | D) | stayed about the same. |
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Which statement about adolescents and abortion is NOT true? |
| | A) | Abortion in adolescent girls did not lead to mental health problems. |
| | B) | Adolescents are not capable of making the serious decision to have an abortion. |
| | C) | Abortions are hard to obtain in some areas of the United States. |
| | D) | Adolescents are not psychologically harmed by their abortion experience. |
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Compared to infants of older mothers, infants born to adolescent mothers are more likely to |
| | A) | be overweight. |
| | B) | have an average survival rate. |
| | C) | bond with their mothers. |
| | D) | have low birth weights. |
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All of the following are common characteristics of pregnant adolescents in the United States EXCEPT |
| | A) | they are likely to get adequate prenatal care. |
| | B) | they are likely to have low birth weight babies. |
| | C) | they are likely to experience complications related to prematurity. |
| | D) | they are likely to have anemia. |
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Which statement about adolescent parents is NOT true? |
| | A) | Adolescent mothers are less competent at childrearing than older mothers are. |
| | B) | Adolescent mothers are twice as likely to deliver a low-birth-weight baby than are older mothers. |
| | C) | About ¾ of adolescent fathers have close involvement with their babies. |
| | D) | Adolescent fathers often drop out of school and end up in low-paying jobs. |
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Assuming that all the following options were provided to adolescents, which would be the LEAST critical for reducing adolescent pregnancy risk? |
| | A) | better sex education |
| | B) | family planning |
| | C) | access to contraceptive methods |
| | D) | abstinence only programs |
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Which statement about AIDS is TRUE? |
| | A) | In sub-Saharan Africa, many more adolescent girls have AIDS than do adolescent boys, mainly because they were infected by adult men. |
| | B) | AIDS is caused by a bacterium. |
| | C) | Worldwide, the greatest concern about AIDS is in Europe. |
| | D) | Only about 10% of interviewed college men said that they had lied so that a partner would have sex with them. |
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Which of the following STIs is caused by a virus related to the virus that causes mononucleosis? |
| | A) | Gonorrhea |
| | B) | Syphilis |
| | C) | Herpes |
| | D) | AIDS |
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The MOST common STI in adolescents is |
| | A) | chlamydia. |
| | B) | syphilis. |
| | C) | genital warts. |
| | D) | gonorrhea. |
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_____, if untreated, can cause cardiovascular disease, blindness, liver damage, and mental problems in its tertiary phase. |
| | A) | Syphilis |
| | B) | Herpes |
| | C) | AIDS |
| | D) | Gonorrhea |
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| 25 | |
According to feminist writers, which is NOT a reason why rape is pervasive in the American culture? |
| | A) | Women dress provocatively. |
| | B) | Males are socialized to be sexually aggressive. |
| | C) | Males are socialized to regard females as inferior. |
| | D) | Males view their pleasure as more important than women's concerns. |
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One study of adolescent girls found that _____% of the girls said they had been sexually harassed at least once. |
| | A) | 50 |
| | B) | 66 |
| | C) | 75 |
| | D) | 90 |
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Miranda's boss asks her to dinner and implies that he will give her a promotion and a raise is they have sex. This is an example of |
| | A) | hostile environment sexual harassment. |
| | B) | qid pro quo sexual harassment. |
| | C) | retaliation sexual harassment. |
| | D) | proactive sexual harassment. |
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Anita works in an office where her boss asks her out repeatedly, uses work situations to make sexual comments and jokes, and even goes so far to relate what kinds of porn he likes to watch to her. This is an example of |
| | A) | hostile environment sexual harassment. |
| | B) | qid pro quo sexual harassment. |
| | C) | retaliation sexual harassment. |
| | D) | proactive sexual harassment. |
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A recent survey in Minnesota found that approximately _____% of Americans support the teaching of sex education in high schools. |
| | A) | 90 |
| | B) | 50 |
| | C) | 25 |
| | D) | 10 |
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Which statement about abstinence-only programs is TRUE? |
| | A) | Contraceptive-knowledge programs increase adolescents' level of sexual activity, whereas abstinence-only programs do not. |
| | B) | These programs, when offered without contraceptive-knowledge programs, are not very effective. |
| | C) | The U.S. government does not fund abstinence-only programs. |
| | D) | Supporters of these programs believe that sexual behavior in adolescence is a normative behavior. |
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