Exam 12: Sexual Development Throughout Life

If you discover your child engaging in sex play with other children, most childhood development experts recommend approaching the situation ________, avoiding any ________.

Ken and Katherine have unprotected sex.They consult a pharmacist who tells than that emergency contraception is more than ________ effective in preventing pregnancy if taken within ________ of intercourse.

________ for adolescents leads to better decision-making, delay of first sexual activity, more conscientious contraceptive use, and decreases in unhealthy and risky sexual behavior.

If Justin's high school was really interested in implementing strategies for reducing the spread of STIs among teens, they would do all of the following except ________.

Discuss the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States (SIECUS) guidelines for parents talking to their children about sex.

The decline in teen births is directly related to the increase in abortion rates by teens.

________ probably receive a greater number of mixed and confusing messages of any other age group about sex.

According to the research, half of all 9ᵗʰ graders have had sexual intercourse.

In terms of adolescent romantic relationships, nonheterosexual teens appear to follow a ________ path during early adolescence.

Katie has gone through menopause, which has resulted in drops in estrogen and progesterone, causing all of the following changes except ________.

According to the text, a major challenge in researching the difference between couples that cohabitate and those who marry is ________.

Discuss normal age-related changes in sexual responding.

The primary hormone influencing sexual development in boys is ________, and the primary hormone for girls is ________.

Many teens think oral sex is the same thing as sex.

Early childhood sexual experimentation is predictive of sexual attitudes and behaviors later in life.

Many teens are engaging in unprotected oral sex in the false belief that is a ________ behavior for contracting STIs.

There is no evidence to suggest that remaining romantically and sexually active into old age provides a wide range of emotional and physical health benefits.

If Brittany is like most teens, she became sexually active prior to graduating from high school.

Adolescence is perceived by most societies as one of the most important stages of life: ________.

Adults see their relationships as all of the following except ________.