Psychology online EXAM - 60 mins time limited
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PreviusQuizforReview.docxChapter 5
QUESTION 1
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If our sensory system receives information from the environment, this is called:
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absolute threshold |
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difference threshold |
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Perception |
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Sensation |
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QUESTION 2
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When our brain organizes and interprets sensory information that is called:
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difference threshold |
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Perception |
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Sensation |
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absolute threshold |
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QUESTION 3
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If we want to define a stimulus as subliminal, what is the percent of time we would perceive it?
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less than 50% |
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100% |
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more than 50% |
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Never |
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QUESTION 4
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Which receptor in the eye is responsible for perceiving color?
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optic nerve |
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rods |
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cones |
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QUESTION 5
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If it is dark out, our eyes make use of what receptors to help us to see - especially in our periphery.
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optic nerve |
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cones |
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rods |
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QUESTION 6
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Which of the following would not be a good example of sensory adaptation?
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Bill puts on more cologne even though he already did because he can't smell it |
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Pat gets into the hot tub slowly because it is hot, but the water quickly cools. Pat is surprised when Alex, who is just getting in, comments on how hot the water is. |
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Stacy does not notice the airplanes that fly over her apartment regularly |
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People with anosmia do not perceive the smells in their environment |
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QUESTION 7
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When we look at the world around us, we process color, movement, form and depth. This processing is called:
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dual processing |
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Gestalt processing |
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parallel processing |
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visual processing |
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QUESTION 8
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Dylan looks out his dad's fourth floor office window and wonders why there are a bunch of matchbox cars outside. He asks if he can go play with them. We can conclude that Dylan is missing which perceptual ablity:
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size constancy |
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shape constancy |
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monocular cues |
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binocular cues |
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QUESTION 9
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What effect does experience have on how we perceive the world?
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None, we all perceive the world similarly |
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It guides our perceptual interpreations |
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It allows us to see depth and movement |
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QUESTION 10
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Which of the following is NOT a touch sensation?
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wetness |
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pain |
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pressure |
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temperature |
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QUESTION 11
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Researchers have been able to replicate ESP effects under controlled conditions.
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True
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False
Chapter 8
QUESTION 1
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What is the term for how we simplify and order the world around us using mental groupings of similar objects, events or ideas?
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prototypes |
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framing |
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concepts |
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cognition |
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QUESTION 2
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When I am struggling to come up with a solution to a problem, occasionally I have a a sudden inspiration that allows me to solve my problem. This is referred to as:
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heuristic |
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framing |
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insight |
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algorithm |
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QUESTION 3
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Fast, automatic, unreasoned thinking refers to which of the following?
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framing |
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intuition |
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algorithm |
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insight |
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QUESTION 4
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When I am in class and giving a lecture, I am most frequently using which area of the brain to produce language?
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Wernicke's area |
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Broca's area |
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hypothalamus |
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corpus callosum |
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QUESTION 5
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When someone in class asks me a question and I have to understand what they are saying to me, I am most using which area of the brain?
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Wernicke's area |
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basal ganglia |
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Broca's area |
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corpus callosum |
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QUESTION 6
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If I believe that people have innate abilities that can be fostered in particular areas of intelligence, such as math or music, then I would most agree with which theorist?
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Sternberg |
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Gardner |
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Freud |
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Dr. Abraham |
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QUESTION 7
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Animals have language skills that are similar to and can exceed humans.
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False
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QUESTION 8
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Intelligence is heritable.
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False
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QUESTION 9
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In what areas do we see differences in intellectual ability between males and females (choose all that apply).
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overall intelligence |
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spatial reasoning |
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overall math |
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QUESTION 10
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To what do we attribute the observable differences between males and females in intelligence (e.g. language, emotion detection)? Choose all that apply.
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evolution |
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culture |
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biology |
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test bias |
Chapter 3
QUESTION 1
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Developmental psychologists study:
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physical changes |
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cognitive changes |
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social changes |
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all of the above |
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QUESTION 2
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Nature is our __________ and nurture is our __________.
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genetic inheritance; our experiences |
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stages; continuity |
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our experiences; our genetic inheritance |
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continuity; stages |
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QUESTION 3
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Which of the following would not be a teratogen:
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diabetes |
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Nicotine |
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rubella virus |
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Cocaine |
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QUESTION 4
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Our emotional reactivity and the intensity of that emotional response is called:
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temperament |
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Personality |
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Maturation |
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conception |
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QUESTION 5
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Stranger anxiety develops shortly after infants develop what cognitive skill?
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accommodation |
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object permanence |
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Attachment |
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assimilation |
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QUESTION 6
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What is the transition period from childhood to adulthood?
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Adolescence |
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Puberty |
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Attachment |
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assimiloation |
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QUESTION 7
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What is the marker for the beginning of adolescence?
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Puberty |
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formal reasoning |
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maturation of the frontal lobe |
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age 13 |
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QUESTION 8
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Who proposed the eight stages of psychosocial tasks we must achieve for healthy psychological development?
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Freud |
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Vygotsky |
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Erikson |
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Piaget |
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QUESTION 9
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What do we call the period of development between the age of 18 to the mid-twenties?
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young adulthood |
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Adolescence |
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emerging adulthood |
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Puberty |
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QUESTION 10
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People over the age of 65 report as much happiness and satisfaction with life as younger people do.
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True
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False
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Chapter 4
QUESTION 1
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Which of the following terms is defined as the socially influenced characteristics by which people define men and women?
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Gender |
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Sex |
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social norms |
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puberty |
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QUESTION 2
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Which of the following terms is defined as the biologically influenced characteristics by which people define male and female?
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sex |
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puberty |
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maturation |
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gender |
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QUESTION 3
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Which of the following influence development?
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sex chromosomes |
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sex hormones |
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both of the above |
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QUESTION 4
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Which of the following terms is defined as how others expect us to act based on being male or female?
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gender typing |
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gender role |
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gender identity |
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QUESTION 5
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Which of the following terms is defined as our own sense of being male or female or some combination of the two?
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gender identity |
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gender role |
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gender typing |
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QUESTION 6
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Which hormone drives men's sexuality?
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estrogen |
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testosterone |
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papilloma |
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petocin |
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QUESTION 7
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Which of the following is most associated with women's sexuality?
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estrogen |
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papilloma |
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testosterone |
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petocin |
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QUESTION 8
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Erotic material can trigger sexual arousal in:
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Men |
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Women |
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both men and women |
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neither men nor women |
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QUESTION 9
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Sexual orientation is associated with mental health.
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False
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QUESTION 10
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Rates of teen intercourse vary between cultures and eras.
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True
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False
