1.Research has shown that infants born to adolescent mothers are more likely to have:

a. high birth weight.

b. Down’s syndrome.

c. childhood illnesses.

d. type-2 diabetes.

 

2.Recent research reviews found that abstinence-only programs:

a. do not reduce HIV risk behaviors.

b. prevent adolescent pregnancies better than sex-education programs emphasizing contraceptive

knowledge.

c. have a marked effect in delaying the initiation of sexual intercourse.

d. are overall better at improving the sexual behaviors of adolescents than sex-education programs that

emphasize contraception knowledge.

 

3.What is the consistent finding regarding age identity of 60- to 75-year-olds?

a. Half of them viewed themselves as being older than their chronological age.

b. More than half of them preferred being younger than their chronological age.

c. More than half of them considered that their mental age was higher than their chronological age.

d. Half of them viewed themselves as being middle-aged.

 

4.Which of the following is TRUE of lung capacity during middle-age?

a. There is significant change in lung capacity through most of middle adulthood.

b. In late middle-age, the proteins in lung tissue become more elastic.

c. Stiffening of the chest wall decreases the lungs’ capacity to shuttle oxygen.

d. The lung capacity of smokers increases drastically in middle age.

 

5.Which of the following is NOT one of the observations regarding sexual behaviors of middle-aged individuals?

a. Both females and males reported similar frequency of engagement in other forms of sexual behavior

(hugging, kissing, etc.).

b. Fewer females than males in the 50- to 59- year-old group said they had sex twice a week or more.

c. Middle-aged men want sex, think about it more, and masturbate more often than middle-aged women.

d. A majority of middle-aged persons reported that their sexual life was less satisfying than when they

were in their twenties.

 

6.Which of the following is FALSE regarding sexual attitudes and behaviors of middle-aged women?

a. masturbation increased in early perimenopause

b. masturbation declined during postmenopause

c. menopausal transition was linked to the importance of sex

d. women’s sexual desire decreased by late perimenopause

 

7.Which of the following abilities declined the last, according to the Seattle Longitudinal Study?

a. verbal ability

b. spatial orientation

c. inductive reasoning

d. numerical abilities

e. nonreligious individuals.