Teens and young adults in which of the following groups are most likely to be sexually active?
a. Asian Americans
b. Whites
c. African Americans
d. Hispanics
Ques. 2Developmental tasks of young adulthood include which of the following?
a. Searching for a sexual script
b. Separating love and sex
c. Making fertility or childbearing decisions
d. Avoiding intimacy and commitment
Ques. 3Which of the following is a way in which media affect sexual choices?
a. Listening to music with sexually degrading lyrics lowers rates of sexual activity.
b. Listening to music with sexually degrading lyrics increases rates of sexual activity.
c. Print media such as magazines sends clear messages against sexual involvement before marriage.
d. Television viewing promotes the use of condoms.
Ques. 4Comparing the percentage of never-married teens that have had intercourse in 1995 and 20112013 indicates that:
a. more teens than ever before are having intercourse.
b. fewer males but more females are having intercourse.
c. fewer teens are having intercourse.
d. rates are similar when comparing 1995 and 2002 figures.
Ques. 5Children may be more likely to talk about sex with siblings than with parents because they perceive siblings to be ______ than parents.
a. less judgmental
b. less knowledgeable
c. more punitive
d. more embarrassed
Ques. 6Parents who overreact to children's sexual curiosity may create a sense that:
a. they should wait until they are older to become sexually active.
b. sex is only for married people.
c. sex is mysterious.
d. sex is wrong.
Ques. 7According to John Gagnon, the inoculation theory of sex education means that parents:
a. repeat sexual messages often.
b. avoid the topic of sexuality as if it were a disease.
c. mention sexuality once and think that is enough.
d. encourage open discussion regarding sexuality.
Ques. 8Research on how children learn about sex suggests that most parent-child discussions about sex are really:
a. father-son conversations.
b. children asking questions of their parents that are seldom answered.
c. mother-daughter conversations.
d. punitive reprimands from parents when children ask about sex.
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