Exam 12: Sexual Development Throughout Life

Normal childhood sexual behaviors and problematic sexual behaviors can be distinguished by the ________ and ________ of the activities and by linking them to other troubling aspects of the child's behavior.

As puberty and adolescence occur, nature and nurture team up to facilitate adolescents' romantic and sexual feelings.

A large majority of college students use some form of contraception; most commonly oral contraception.

If parents educate themselves about sexuality, they will be prepared to discuss sex with their children at all stages of development.

According to Freud, a major developmental milestone in children's lives is the realization of which sex they are.This process is called ________.

Teaching teens about sexuality and contraceptives leads young people toward sexual experimentation.

Sexual behavior and responses begin ________.

Discuss the signs of an abusive teen dating relationship, and what you can do to help someone you think may be in an abusive relationship.

________ is when a romantically involved couple lives together without marriage.

Within a year after a girl's first period, hormonal changes also cause the ovaries to begin releasing mature eggs, called ________.

According to the text, when thinking about childhood sexual behavior, "normalcy" boils down to a matter of degree and the context of the behavior.

Mike is taking a health class his senior year.He is surprised to learn that, compared to teens, condom usage rates actually ________ in the older 18-24 age group.

As a college student, Angela knows that ________ is an integral part of the social culture and is associated with sexual activities.

When puberty begins much earlier, it is called ________.

Freud's theory that a girl becomes aware that her father has a penis (something she and her mother are lacking) and she feels this is unjust is called ________.

In boys, testosterone stimulates growth of each of the following except ________.

In 2008, ________ million couples were living together.

What we know to be true about emergency contraception is that it ________.

Adolescence is a time of ________, when young people are moving out of the orbit around their parents and becoming individuals in their own right.

The ________ refers to Freud's theory of female gender identification.