- List three indicators of the capacity for sexual response in infancy, and state at what age these responses generally appear.
- Indicate at what age humans typically begin to masturbate and describe what techniques young children generally use for masturbation.
- Recognize why some parents react negatively to their children’s masturbation, discuss the implications of such reactions, and recommend an alternative response for parents could utilize.
- Identify two reasons why it is difficult to conduct research into childhood sexuality.
- Using Friedrich’s study of children’s sexuality, list two common sexual behaviors for children ages 2 to 5 and children ages 6 to 9 years old.
- Assess the relationship between same-sex sexual play in childhood and preadolescence on the development of sexual orientation in adulthood.
- Cite at least one reason why masturbation is more common for male than female adolescents.
- Discuss two limitations of school-based sex education programs in the contemporary U.S.
- Outline the five suggestions Calderone and Johnson offer parents for improving parent-child communication about sexuality.
- Cite one reason why the age at menarche has declined among girls in Western nations.
- Describe the four general stages of pubertal development in females by specifying several changes that occur at each stage and indicating the average age at which each change occurs.
- Describe the four general stages of pubertal development in males by specifying several changes that occur at each stage and indicating the average age at which each change occurs.
- List three ways that parents attempt to limit their children’s computer use and three ways that youths attempt to gain greater control over their use of the Internet.
- Indicate the prevalence of petting, oral sex, and sexual intercourse among adolescents today, noting any variations in sexual activity by gender and ethnicity.
- Recognize the primary biological, social, and psychological reasons why adolescents report initiating sexual intercourse, and evaluate how gender influences feelings about sexual activity.
- List three factors that decrease the likelihood that female adolescents will be sexually active.
- Identify the prevalence of same-sex sexual activity among adolescents, and evaluate the consequences of stigmatization for gay and lesbian teenagers.
- Discuss the implications of becoming sexually active since the emergence of HIV/AIDS in the 1980s, noting how the disease has differently impacted youth of various ethnic heritages.
- Provide an overview of the consequences of teenage childbearing for adolescent mothers, their children, and society at large.
- Identify at least three factors that contribute to the incidence of teenage pregnancy in the U.S.
- Cite three factors correlated with adolescents’ use of contraceptives and list three reasons why sexually active adolescents report not using contraceptives.
- Evaluate the influences of good parental communication and school-based prevention programs on curtailing unplanned pregnancy and the spread of STIs among adolescents.
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