All of the following are statistical trends in sexual behavior among teens in recent surveys except ...

All of the following are statistical trends in sexual behavior among teens in recent surveys except _____.
 
  a. teens are waiting longer to have sexual intercourse than was the case two decades ago
  b. a majority of 18- to 19-year-olds have had sexual intercourse
  c. teens are more likely to use contraceptives than was the case two decades ago
  d. a majority of 16- to 17-year-olds have had sexual intercourse

Question 2

Agency is a feminine gender orientation that emphasizes connectedness to others.
 
  a. True
  b. False
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Question 3

Gender-role norms are societal expectations about what males and females should be like.
 
  a. True
  b. False
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Question 4

Derreck is 17 and has become a fan of rock climbing. He loves the thrill of ascending a sheer rock face using his skill at finding small finger- and toeholds and his strength in holding on. He realizes he isnt skilled enough to make a free ascent, so he is always clipped in with safety lines. Derrecks new passion is an example of __________.
 
  a. negative risk-taking
  b. positive risk-taking
  c. the activation of the social network in the brain
  d. the gap described in the dual systems model

Question 5

What childhood behavior did the authors of the text use as an analogy for the decline in sexual activity in old age?
 
  a. Going to the circus
  b. Swinging on a swing
  c. Eating candy
  d. Riding a bike

Question 6

Which appears to contribute most to the lack of sexual activity among old women?
 
  a. A physiological incapacity to engage in intercourse
  b. Lack of a partner
  c. Negative social attitudes toward sex during old age
  d. Sexual activity seen as dirty

Question 7

Women
 
  a. tend to have a shorter sexual refractory period than men.
  b. show increases in the speed of sexual arousal in older age.
  c. lose the physiological capacity to have sex before men.
  d. who have experienced menopause show a steep decline in interest in sexual activity.

Question 8

According to the dual systems model, heightened risk-taking in early to mid-adolescence may be due to an imbalance or gap between the development of the ___________________.
 
  a. left hemisphere and the social network
  b. the right hemisphere and the reward network
  c. the social network and the attention systems of the brain
  d. reward network and the executive control network