Psychology Chapter 8: Sexual Development
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What is a result of parents providing a stable and secure home environment for their children?

  • Weakened sexual and emotional relationships
  • Delayed sexual development
  • Increased aggression in children
  • Stronger sexual and emotional relationships (correct)

What is a key aspect of positive socialization in children?

  • Watching excessive television
  • Experiencing connection and emotional bonds with others (correct)
  • Spending more time with peers
  • Learning to disobey rules

What happens when parents are less interested and less able to provide positive sexual socialization for their children?

  • Other sources of information take on a greater role (correct)
  • Parents become more involved
  • Children experience emotional distress
  • Children develop faster

What has become a primary sexuality educator of youth in the 21st century?

<p>Private electronic media (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Barber and Olsen (1997), what do children learn through positive socialization?

<p>To regulate their behavior through consistent limits (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What interacts with families in the socialization of children?

<p>Schools and social institutions (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the primary way to gain carnal knowledge before the advent of lithographs and photographs?

<p>Reading written accounts, looking at drawings, or through direct experience (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What type of films were circulated in the Americas and Europe during the first half of the twentieth century?

<p>Illegally made 8-millimeter and 16-millimeter porn films (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was a significant change in the way people consumed pornography during the 1960s to the 1980s?

<p>Couples began to attend screenings in movie theaters together (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the eventual replacement of film in the pornography industry?

<p>Video (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the estimated value of the pornography industry?

<p>A multibillion-dollar industry (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What type of stores sold explicit magazines featuring sexual acts in the United States?

<p>Adult bookstores (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary reason for recognizing the differences in the current generation of teens' sexual values and ideology?

<p>To understand their uniquely developed sexual norms and frequencies. (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is sexual arousal, according to de Jong (2009)?

<p>An emotional and motivational state arising from an interaction between genital response, central arousal, information processing of sexual stimuli, and behavior. (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary difference between subjective and genital arousal?

<p>Subjective arousal is emotional, while genital arousal is physiological. (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is vasocongestion of genital tissues a result of, in females?

<p>Genital arousal. (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a key characteristic of genital arousal?

<p>It can occur independently of subjective arousal. (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why is genital arousal not necessarily evidence of subjective arousal?

<p>Because genital arousal can be an uncontrollable bodily response to internal and external circumstances. (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What percentage of sex offenders were regular users of any erotica media at some time in their lives?

<p>10.3% to 26.9% (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary reason why masturbating with pictures of adult females may not lead to conventional sexual behavior in pedophiles?

<p>Pedophiles embellish their fantasies of children (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Kingston et al. (2009), what is the current limitation of the extant literature regarding pornography use and aggressive behavior?

<p>It is unable to determine a direct causal link between the two (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the proposed approach to better understanding the relationship between pornography and aggressive behavior?

<p>Examining the confluence of several risk and protective factors (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the suggested influence of pornography on sexual and nonsexual offenders, according to various studies?

<p>It may influence negative attitudes or beliefs and aggressive behavior (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the main argument against the masturbatory conditioning model of sexual deviance?

<p>The number of regular users of erotica is too small to support the model (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is one of the behavioral clues that may indicate neglect of important social, occupational, or recreational activities due to sexual behavior?

<p>Hiding Internet use or secretive behaviors (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary factor that determines the dominant format for DVD players, according to the text?

<p>The pornography industry's commercial influence (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is one of the reasons why most porn is not illegal in the United States?

<p>It does not depict real sex crimes or children (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a potential consequence of neglecting important social, occupational, or recreational activities due to sexual behavior?

<p>Declining work performance and health (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the cultural significance of pornography in the United States, according to the text?

<p>It is a culturally accepted and common aspect of society (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a potential consequence of excessive sexual behavior in the workplace?

<p>Withdrawing from others and declining interpersonal skills (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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