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1
Recent data indicate that children and adolescents begin to masturbate earlier today, and thus, the Kinsey data need to be pushed back about one or two years.
A)True
B)False
2
Sexualization may lead to increased self-esteem.
A)True
B)False
3
According to psychiatrist Thomas Sass, the shift in attitudes toward masturbation has been so great that, in a generation, it has changed from a disease to a form of therapy.
A)True
B)False
4
Today about one-half of Americans engage in premarital sex.
A)True
B)False
5
A broader range of athletic opportunities is one way to counteract sexualization.
A)True
B)False
6
A qualitative study found that virginity loss is socially constructed.
A)True
B)False
7
A "double standard" attitude toward premarital intercourse between men and women holds that premarital intercourse is acceptable for males but unacceptable for females.
A)True
B)False
8
According to Bancroft and colleagues (2003) there was a sharp increase in the incidence of adolescent homosexual behavior from 1973 to 1999.
A)True
B)False
9
The impact of the "sexual revolution" of the 1960s and 1970s influenced greatly the age at which young people have their first intercourse.
A)True
B)False
10
Having a highly educated mother is associated with later age of first intercourse.
A)True
B)False
11
The typical female reaction to first intercourse has been described as the "Peggy Lee syndrome".
A)True
B)False
12
It is more common today for a young man to lose his virginity to a prostitute than it was in the 1940s or 1950s.
A)True
B)False
13
Permissiveness without affection means it is permissible for both males and females to engage in premarital sex if it is within the context of a stable relationship.
A)True
B)False
14
According to Halpern et al., (2000), those seventh- and eighth-graders who reported that they would most likely to abstain from sex had higher intelligence test scores.
A)True
B)False
15
Serial monogamy is defined as having a series of marriages and divorces and only having intercourse with those to whom one is married.
A)True
B)False





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