About This Chapter
This test collection examines assessing your grasp of subjects like sexual attitudes and behavior, sexual harassment, sexually transmitted infections (stis), sources of sexual orientation, and substance use and abuse. Offers strategically designed assessment items, including correct solutions, detailed reasoning, and glossary resources enriched with accurate responses and detailed solution explanations. Quick access to accurate responses with comprehensive explanations optimizes study time and learning outcomes.
The learning objectives include:
✓ Describe sexuality in young adults.
✓ Summarize physical development in young adults.
Question 1
Results from the "Sex in America" survey suggest that adult sexual behavior is ruled by ________ and ________ for most Americans.
- abstinence; marriage
- kinkiness; infidelity
- marriage; monogamy
- noncohabitation; polygamy
Correct Answer:
marriage; monogamy
Question 2
In 1994, Robert Michael and his colleagues conducted a comprehensive survey of American sexual patterns. Results from this "Sex in America" survey suggested that Americans' sexual lives are ________ than previously believed.
- more conservative
- less conservative
- more active
- less active
Correct Answer:
more conservative
Glossary:
Conservation: In Piaget’s theory, awareness that altering an object’s or a substance’s appearance does not change its basic properties.
Question 3
According to Petersen and Hyde, which of the following statements is true about sexual attitudes and behavior among men and women?
- Men usually hold stronger permissive attitudes about casual sex than their female counterparts.
- Women usually engage more in pornography use and casual sex than men.
- Women have slightly more sexual experience than men for most aspects of sexuality.
- Latino and Asian males have more permissive sexual attitudes than African males.
Correct Answer:
Men usually hold stronger permissive attitudes about casual sex than their female counterparts.
Glossary:
Gender: The characteristics of people as males or females.
Question 4
Marie is reluctant to marry because she is worried that her husband might cheat on her. You would tell her that adultery is
- widespread in the United States.
- a problem in almost half the marriages in the United States.
- clearly the exception rather than the rule.
- a problem most married couples in the United States have faced at some point or the other.
Correct Answer:
clearly the exception rather than the rule.
Question 5
Which of the following statements accurately reflects a key finding from the 1994 "Sex in America" survey?
- Most Americans have sex twice a week or more.
- Married and cohabiting couples have sex more often than noncohabiting couples.
- Most men and women have always remained faithful to their partners and have avoided any adulterous relationship.
- Women think about sex far more than men do.
Correct Answer:
Married and cohabiting couples have sex more often than noncohabiting couples.
Glossary:
Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs): Infections that are contracted primarily through sexual contact, including oral-genital and anal-genital contact.
Question 6
Sexual harassment is a manifestation of
- genuine attraction toward the victim.
- appropriate sexual contact between two individuals.
- power of one person over another.
- forced, nonconsensual sexual intercourse.
Correct Answer:
power of one person over another.
Question 7
Which of the following statements is true about sexual harassment?
- Sexual harassment of men by women also occurs but to a far lesser extent than sexual harassment of women by men.
- Gestures such as patting and brushing against another person's body are different from sexual harassment.
- Sexual harassment is absent in any educational setting.
- Sexual harassment is synonymous with rape but excludes blatant sexual remarks and propositions.
Correct Answer:
Sexual harassment of men by women also occurs but to a far lesser extent than sexual harassment of women by men.
Question 8
Manny has contracted a virus that is destroying his body's immune system. Manny most likely has
- AIDS.
- herpes.
- syphilis.
- gonorrhea.
Correct Answer:
AIDS.
Question 9
Clara has been recently diagnosed with a sexually transmitted infection. She has fevers frequently and has chronic fatigue. She is also losing weight at an alarming rate. There is no cure for her condition. Given this information, it can be said that Clara has been diagnosed with ________.
- syphilis
- chlamydia
- AIDS
- genital warts
Correct Answer:
AIDS
Question 10
Dylan was recently diagnosed with a sexually transmitted infection. The infection led to sores developing on his anus. Eventually, a skin rash broke out on the bottom of his feet. Given this information, it can be said that Dylan was diagnosed with
- genital herpes.
- genital warts.
- syphilis.
- chlamydia.
Correct Answer:
syphilis.
Glossary:
Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs): Infections that are contracted primarily through sexual contact, including oral-genital and anal-genital contact.
Question 11
Condoms are less effective against the spread of
- syphilis.
- herpes.
- chlamydia.
- gonorrhea.
Correct Answer:
herpes.
Glossary:
Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs): Infections that are contracted primarily through sexual contact, including oral-genital and anal-genital contact.
Question 12
The critical-period hypothesis could explain
- why homosexuals seem to be aroused by the same types of tactile stimulation as heterosexuals.
- how sexual orientation is mostly a product of culture and life experiences.
- why some clinicians consider homosexuality the product of an abnormality of the brain.
- why sexual orientation is difficult, if not impossible, to modify.
Correct Answer:
why sexual orientation is difficult, if not impossible, to modify.
Question 13
In the context of bisexuality, which of the following statements is true?
- There is a lack of evidence to support that bisexuality is a stable orientation, which involves attraction to both sexes.
- Women are usually more likely than men to identify themselves as bisexuals.
- Physiological responses for bisexuals during sexual arousals vastly differ from those who are heterosexuals.
- Bisexuality is predominantly viewed as sexual attraction to males than to females.
Correct Answer:
Women are usually more likely than men to identify themselves as bisexuals.
Glossary:
Gender: The characteristics of people as males or females.
Question 14
Which of the following statements about sexual orientation is considered true today?
- Most individuals have a bisexual orientation.
- Sexual orientation is an either/or proposition where individuals are either heterosexual or homosexual.
- Sexual orientation is a continuum from exclusive male-female relations to exclusive same-sex relations.
- Individuals of different sexual orientations have different physiological responses during sexual arousal.
Correct Answer:
Sexual orientation is a continuum from exclusive male-female relations to exclusive same-sex relations.
Question 15
Binge drinking peaks at about
- 16 to 18 years of age.
- 21 to 22 years of age.
- 17 to 19 years of age.
- 24 to 26 years of age.
Correct Answer:
21 to 22 years of age.
Glossary:
Ageism: Prejudice against others because of their age, especially prejudice against older adults.