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| Masturbation to orgasm is rare until ________. |
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| Teens who initiate sexual intercourse earlier ________. |
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| Are less likely to use contraception. |
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| The responses of erection are first present at ________. |
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| Physical characteristics that differentiate males and females and usually appear at puberty, but are not directly involved in reproduction, are referred to as ________. |
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| Secondary sex characteristics. |
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| Males are more likely than females to report ________ as a primary motivating factor for initiating sexual intercourse during adolescence. |
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In which of the following variables did children reared by homosexual parents differ?
- No difference on any of the variables
- Sexual orientation
- Emotional stability
- Gender behavior patterns
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| No difference on any of the variables. |
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Which of the following marks the end of puberty?
- Appearance of secondary sex characteristics
- Appearance of primary sex characteristics
- Menarche
- Long bones make no further gains in length
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| Long bones make no further gains in length |
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| The text authors assert that the main cause of the largest number of unplanned teen pregnancies in the U.S. is ________. |
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| Misunderstandings about how reproduction and contraception work. |
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| The first sign of pubertal change in boys is ________. |
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| Growth of testicles and scrotum. |
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| ________ promotes the growth of the uterus, vaginal lining, hips and buttocks. |
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| Oliver is experiencing nocturnal emissions ________. |
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| While walking through the hall, Pavel notices his little girl in her room touching her clitoris. Most sex educators would advise him to ________. |
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| Like most girls her age, Emily has started developing breast buds. How old is Emily? |
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| Kaj is in that transition period before adulthood, known as ________. |
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| Adam is in the second stage of puberty, when ________. |
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Which of the following statements accurately describes the influence of parental response on children’s masturbation?
- Children whose parents punish them for masturbating usually continue to masturbate, but become secretive and guilty about it.
- Children whose parents respond to masturbation with disgust or ridicule usually stop masturbating completely.
- The way in which parents respond to children's maturbation is not correlated with positive or negative consequences for children's self-esteem or body image.
- Children whose parents teach them that masturbation causes mental and physical maladies will never be able to receive erotic pleasure as adults.
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| Children whose parents punish them for masturbating usually continue to maturbate, but become secretive and guilty about it. |
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Which of the following results were found from parents and children sharing a bed (or "co-sleeping")?
- Broad difficulties with socialization compared to those who did not co-sleep
- A higher number of sexual problems in comparison to those without co-sleeping experiences
- Superior intellectual development through age 18 over those who had no co-sleeping experiences
- Superior intellectual development through age 6 over those who did not co-sleep
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| Superior intellectual development through age 6 over those who did not co-sleep. |
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| What factor explains the decline in the teenage pregnancy and birth rates in the United States today? |
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| A change in attitudes about premarital intercourse and an increased use of condoms. |
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Which of the following is the LEAST effective means for combating teenage pregnancy?
- Abstinence education through high school
- Free contraceptive services
- Information through schools and media
- Universal sex education
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| Abstinence education through high school. |
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| If an infant displays an erection (boys) or vaginal lubrication (girls) it means ________. |
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| Nothing; it is a normal reflex reaction. |
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Which of the following is NOT a common sexual behavior for children ages 3-8?
- Interested in the opposite sex
- Touches mother's breasts
- Looks at people while nude or undressing
- Touches private parts at home
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| Interested in the opposite sex. |
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Which of the following statements about children in infancy and early childhood is true?
- Engaging in sex exploration games in early childhood is a sign of early mental illness
- Before the age of 2, few children engage in solitary sex play.
- Childhood sex play generally increases just after age 5.
- Sexualized behaviors increase dramtically in children after age 2 and reach a peak period from 3 to 5.
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| Sexualized behaviors increase dramatically in children after age 2 and reach a peak period from 3 to 5. |
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Which of the following is MOST likely to be a factor in sexual intercourse for adolescents?
- Being career-oriented
- Living in a two-parent home
- Being younger
- Having friends who have had sex
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| Having friends who have had sex. |
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| The reaction of a young woman to her first menstrual cycle will be influenced primarily by ________. |
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| What she has been told about it, positive or negative. |
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| When it comes to masturbation, sex educators recommend that children be ________. |
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Which of the following statements about hormones is NOT supported by your text?
- The testes release testosterone
- Sex hormones cause external changes before internal changes in sex organs.
- The ovaries release estrogen
- Small amounts of female hormones are present in boys.
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| Sex hormones cause external changes before internal changes in sexual organs. |
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| How do orgasms in boys before puberty compare to orgasms after puberty? |
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| Before puberty there is no ejaculation. |
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| What sexual activity do some teens substitute for intercourse, as a means of maintaining virginity and preventing pregnancy? |
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| What can we conclude about same-sex sexual play in childhood? |
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| It does not foreshadow adult sexual orientation. |
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| What are parents MOST likely to talk to their children about in terms of sex? |
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| At about what age do children in the United States tend to engage in genital play with others? |
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| Physical characteristics that differentiate males and females and usually appear at puberty, but are not directly involved in reproduction, are referred to as ________. |
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Definition
| Secondary sex characteristics. |
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| Which teenagers currently have the highest teenage pregnancy rates in the United States? |
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| What is a possible reason that adolescent boys tend to masturbate more frequently than adolescent girls? |
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Definition
| There are greater social constraints on girls. |
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| What can we conclude about young children engaging in sexual behaviors such as explorations of each other’s bodies? |
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| Such behaviors are usually normal signs of childhood curiosity. |
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| Because of an increased level of estrogen during puberty, William developed temporarily enlarged breasts, a condition called ________. |
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| Masturbation may start as early as... |
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| Playing "Doctor" can be seen as early as... |
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| How many teenage girls impregnanted a year? |
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| How many teenage births a year? |
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| What is conventional adultery? |
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| Extramarital sex that is kept hidden from one's spouse. |
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| Until the sexual revolution, marital sex was described as ________. |
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| "POSSLQ" refers to ________. |
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Which of the following is strongly linked to sexual satisfaction?
- Emotional satisfaction
- Physical attractiveness
- Years of marriage
- Youth
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Which of the following factors decreases the chances of getting divorced?
- Getting married when you're under 25 years of age
- Having a high school education
- Having an annual income below $25,000
- Having a religious affiliation
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| Having a religious affiliation. |
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| The typical woman in the United States today gets married at about age ________. |
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| Until the mid-1960s, the only legal ground for divorce was ________. |
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| Which term describes a form of marriage in which a man is married to more than one woman at the same time? |
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| The majority of women who have had extramarital affairs cite ________ as their motivation. |
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| Desire for emotional closeness. |
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| After about age ________, men take progressively longer to achieve erection. |
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Which of the following is identified in the text as an alternative or nontraditional lifestyle?
- Open marriages
- Polygamy
- Gay marriage
- Polyandry
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Which of the following is a popular component of a modern marriage versus traditional marriage?
- Either spouse may initiate or refuse sex.
- The husband's career determines the location of the family residence.
- There is only the husband's income.
- The emphasis is on ritual and traditional roles.
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| Either spouse may initiate or refuse sex. |
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Which of the following changes in sexual arousal are associated with the aging process in healthy males?
- Nocturnal emissions disappear
- More time is required to develop an erection
- More semen is emitted during ejaculation
- All of the above changes are associated with aging in males
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| More time is required to develop an erection. |
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| Although the culture of marriage is strong in the United States, men express an interest in ________. |
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Which of the following is NOT one of the reasons why cohabitating couples run a greater risk of divorce?
- Less committed to institute of marriage
- Selection factors
- Cohabitation causes divorce
- Less traditional/religious
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| Cohabitation causes divorce. |
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Which of the following is generally NOT a problem for single people?
- Social stigma
- Loneliness
- Physical safety for women
- Difficult to satisfy intimate needs
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Which of the following is likely to increase with age?
- Sexual daydreaming
- Sexual activity
- Sex drive
- Negative sexual attitudes
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| Negative sexual attitudes. |
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Which of the following factors inhibits the development of satisfying sexual relationships among people with physical, psychological, and sensory disabilities?
- Lowered intellectual capacity that limits the ability to concent to sexual activity
- Chronic pain that limits flexibility and movement
- Neurological damage that impairs tha bility to feel erotic sensations
- Lack of self-confidence due to social rejection
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| Lack of self-confidence due to social rejection. |
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Which of the following statements concerning homogamy in the U.S. is accurate?
- About 17% of African Americans have entered mixed-race marriages
- Even though people in the U.S. are free to marry whoever they love, they tend to marry someone similiar in physical attractiveness and attitudes.
- On average, women marry men who are 2 to 5 years older than them.
- All of the statements concerning homogamy are accurate.
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| All of the statemnets concerning homogamy are accurate. |
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| The biggest impediment for healthy elderly people interested in sexual relations is ________. |
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| Our culture's negative stereotypes of the aged as sexless. |
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| Katharine occasionally has sex with someone she is not dating. This type of sexual activity is known as ________. |
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| Maurice and Alyssa have agreed to have sex outside of their marital relationship in an arrangement called ________. |
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| Like more than half of all people who cohabitate, Kristen ________. |
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| Hopes to eventually marry her partner. |
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| Rosa and Donovan participate in “swinging,” which means that ________. |
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| They have recreational sex together with another couple. |
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| For Clara, 75, and Dale, 77, who are both healthy, sexual desire is ________. |
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| Your text suggests that when cohabiting doesn’t lead to life-long marriages, it may be due to ________. |
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| The attitudes of the individuals who choose to cohabit prior to marrying. |
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| What happened to a number of single women in the United States from 1970 to 2000? |
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| What social stigma might a man who has never married face today? |
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| Why might older couples broaden their sexual repertoires to include things like pornography and vibrators? |
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Definition
| To accomodate the physical changes of aging. |
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What is the difference between conventional and consensual adultery?
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| Conventional adultery is kept secret, and consensual adultery is not. |
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| According to a University of Michigan study, what percentage of couples who cohabitated before getting married got divorced later on? |
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| Many of the physical changes in older women stem from a(n) ________. |
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Definition
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| The typical man in the United States today gets married at about age ________. |
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Definition
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| Selecting a partner that falls in one’s own age range is known as age ________. |
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Definition
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| As Tucker ages, the decrease in his testosterone will definitely result in ________. |
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Definition
| A longer refractory period. |
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| Debbie has been blind since birth. How might her sexuality be affected? |
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Definition
| She might have difficulty understanding a partner's anatomy. |
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| What percentage of marriages in the US end in divorce? |
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Definition
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Term
| Female sexual arousal disorder commonly occurs due to ____ factors. |
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Definition
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| Orgasm involves a loss of ________. |
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Definition
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| The female counterpart to premature ejaculation is ________. |
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| Vaginismus is caused by ________. |
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Which of the following is likely to impede the flow of blood to the penis?
- Physical activity
- High cholesterol
- Alcohol
- Hormones
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| Women's sexual desire and ability to be aroused will MOST likely decline with age because of ________. |
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Definition
| Physical and psychological factors. |
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| People with sexual dysfunctions avoid sexual opportunities for fear of ________. |
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Definition
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| The bacteria that cause which STI are LIKELY to invade the spinal cord and affect the control of erection? |
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Lack of sexual desire is considered a problem when couples ________.
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| Recgonize little sexual interest remains. |
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| Women are more likely than men to be taught to ________. |
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Victoria experiences ________, or involuntary contractions of the muscles surrounding the vaginal opening when she attempts intercourse.
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| If the sex therapist recommends that Amy use “teasing” on her partner to treat his erectile disorder, Amy will ________. |
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| Fondle her partner's penis until he gets an erection. |
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| Ramona often cannot reach an orgasm and finds herself “spectatoring”, which means she ________. |
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| Observes her own sexual responses. |
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| Maxim has very little sexual interest or desire, or ___________. |
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Definition
| Hypoactive sexual desire. |
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| Most therapists would refer to Caleb’s inability to attain or maintain an erection as ________. |
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Which of the following is NOT classified as an orgasmic disorder?
- Premature ejaculation
- Female orgasmic disorder
- Premature orgasm
- Delayed ejaculation
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Which of the following psychosocial factors is LIKELY to play the most important role in sexual dysfunctions?
- Communication problems
- Performance anxiety
- Lack of sexual skills
- Irrational beliefs
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Which of the following statements is NOT true about Viagra, Levitra, and Cialis.
- They are called PDE5 inhibitors
- They can directly contribute to HIV infection by immune system suppression.
- They can cause migrain headaches
- They increase arterial blood flow in the penis
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| They can directly contribute to HIV infection by immune system suppression. |
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What attribute is found in some drugs used to treat depression (SSRIs)?
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| Unlike some other medications, once they are stopped, the negative effect on sexual functioning may not disappear. |
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| Helen Singer Kaplan believed that sexual dysfunctions have ________ and _________ causes. |
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Which of the following is the main cause of erectile disorder?
- Depression
- Performance anxiety
- Low self esteem
- Relationship problems
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| Troubled relationships are characterized most strongly by ________. |
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| Poor communication coupled with the emergence of sexual dysfunctions. |
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| How can REM sleep help a doctor in diagnosing the causes of erectile dysfunction? |
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| If a man gets normal erections during REM sleep, then the problem is most likely psychological rather than physical. |
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Which of the following statements about erectile function would explain why it is NOT always easy to treat?
- if a man gets erections during sleep, but not while he is awake, the cause of the problem is probably physiological.
- Erectile problems are inevitable with advancing age
- It is often difficult to attribute an erectile problem to solely organic or psychological factors
- Most men avoid the experience of erectile failure in their lives.
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| It is often difficult to attribute an erectile problem to solely organic or psychological factors |
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| Why would sex therapists view masturbation as a helpful tool in treating sexual disorders? |
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Definition
| People who experience problems with a partner usually do not experience them when masturbating. |
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| After Julie reached menopause she began to experience a decrease in vaginal lubrication, which is a symptom of ________. |
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Definition
| Female sexual arousal disorder. |
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| Alaina sometimes suffers from painful intercourse, which is called ___________, |
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| During sensate focus exercises, partners take turns giving and receiving stimulation in non-genital areas of the body in order to ________. |
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Definition
| Provide pleasure under nondemanding conditions. |
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| Which type of sexual disorder do sex therapists believe is often a complex problem that needs the most intensive treatment? |
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| A woman who regards her emotional relationship with her partner as poor or lacking in some significant way is ________. |
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Definition
| Less likely to judge her sex life as satisfying. |
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| Therapists may recommend that people with sexual arousal disorders engage in sensate focus exercises. These exercises ________. |
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Definition
| Stress non-demand pleasuring intended to increase a couple's erotic awareness through touching of all parts of each other's body except for genitals. |
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| Low sexual interest, along with erectile difficulties, is common in men with hypogonadism, which is treated with ________. |
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| Which drugs, used to treat depression, almost completely impair sexual arousal in many patients, especially older patients? |
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| ________ involve lack of interest in sex or aversion to sexual contact. |
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| A history of ________ often figures prominently in cases of sex aversion. |
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| What are the four categories of sexual dysfunctions? |
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| Sexual desire disorders, sexual arousal disorders, orgasmic disorders, and sexual pain disorders. |
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| Sexual dysfunctions can be ______ or ______. |
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| Sexual dysfunctions can be classified as _______ or ________. |
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Definition
| Generalized; situational. |
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| Left untreated, syphilis progresses through ________ stages. |
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Definition
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| In the U.S., which of the following is the fastest-growing exposure category to new cases of HIV? |
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Definition
| Male-to-female sexual contact. |
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Term
| Chlamydia is especially prevalent among ________. |
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Definition
| Female teenagers and college students. |
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Which of the following is the MOST common sexually transmitted vaginal infection?
Candidasis
Chancroid
Trichimoniasis
Bacterial vaginosis |
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Which of the following is NOT true of STIs?
- Many people do not realize they are infected
- One in four Americans will likely contract a STI
- They are always symptomatic
- They can be painful, and even lethal
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| They are always symptomatic. |
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| What we know to be true about pubic lice is that ________. |
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Definition
| They invade the pubic area and live in the pubic hair, causing intense itching. |
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| What percentage of sexually active college women living in the U.S. are currently infected with Human papillomavirus (HPV)? |
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| Which of the following is the MOST widespread bacterial STI in the U.S.? |
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| Most men experience symptoms of gonorrhea within ________ of infection. |
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| An individual recently infected with AIDS is likely to experience which of the following symptoms? |
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| Syphilis might be transmitted through all of the following except ________. |
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Definition
| Sitting on a toilet seat. |
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Which of the following is NOT likely to be a factor related to the increased risk of HIV infection?
- Frequent anal intercourse
- Prolonged kissing with an infected partner
- Having one or more STIs at the time of exposure to HIV
- The frequency of sexual encounters with an infected partner.
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| Prolonged kissing with an infected partner. |
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Definition
| A sexually transmitted virus. |
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| HIV infection and AIDS are characterized by a breakdown of the body's ________. |
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Definition
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| Treatment for syphilis ________. |
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Definition
| Is essential, regardless of whether or not symptoms are still present. |
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Which of the following is NOT a common symptom of trichimoniasis?
- Odorous, foamy discharge
- Burnign or itching in the vulva
- Blood in urine
- Mild pain during urination
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Which of the following is NOT cited in the text as a likely cause of the surge in the incidence of STIs?
- Many people are symptom free and unwittingly pass along their infections to others.
- New antiviral drugs encourage people to engage in sexually risky behavior.
- Not enought women are using a 'backup' method of birth control, such as the Pill, in conjunction with condoms.
- A greater number of young people are having sex without using latex condoms.
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| Not enough women are using a 'backup' method of birth control, such as the Pill, in conjunction with condoms. |
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| Clusters of painful, shallow sores and blisters have appeared in Cliff’s genital and anal areas. He will be diagnosed with ________. |
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| Sarah uses a dirty public toilet and a few hours later, she experiences intense itching in her pubic area. She has probably contracted ________. |
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| 22 year old Laura has asymptomatic chlamydia. Left untreated, this condition might result in ________. |
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| Sarah used her friend’s old syringe to inject drugs. She now has jaundice, whitish bowel movements, and brownish urine. Her symptoms suggest that she has contracted ________. |
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| Three days ago, Marc had sex with a new partner. He is now at the doctor, complaining of a yellow-green puslike discharge and burning urination. It is likely that Marc has contracted ________. |
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In developing countries with the highest rates of HIV, the authors suggest which of the following as potentially most helpful?
- Availability of multiple forms of birth control.
- Widespread distribution of condoms and educational programs.
- More qualified and avaiable medical personnel.
- Government-snactioned abstinence programs.
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| Widespread distribution of condoms and educational programs. |
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| The authors assert that one of the most serious problems with STIs like HPV and chlamydia is that they ________. |
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Definition
| Are often asymptomatic and therefore remain untreated, leading to more serios conditions. |
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| The authors suggest which of the following as the MAIN reason for the disproportionate numbers of women in impoverished urban areas that are dying of AIDS? |
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Definition
| The prohibitive costs of antiviral drugs. |
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Term
| What causes genital warts? |
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Definition
| Human papillomavirus (HPV). |
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Term
Which of the following is NOT true of both scabies and pediculosis infestations?
- They can be spread through sexual contact or through infested clothing.
- Signs of infestation are most often found above the neck.
- They cause itching, discomfort, and sores.
- the parasites live outside of the host's body.
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| Signs of infestation are most often found above the neck. |
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| How many people residing in the U.S. are currently estimated to be living with HIV? |
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Definition
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| The only way of obtaining an accurate diagnosis of HIV is to perform ________. |
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| What distinguishes hepatitis B from other STIs? |
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Definition
| A vaccine has been avaiable since the 1980s. |
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| A few months after having unprotected sex, Gina notices a series of painless pinkish and waxy-looking lesions on her lower abdomen and genitals. Her doctor suspects she has contracted ________ |
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| April has been diagnosed with scabies and has learned that ________. |
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| Mites, like lice, are effectively treated with Kwell. |
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| How many new cases of STIs per year in the US? |
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