What are the factors that motivate sexual activity and experimentation in teenagers? Also, identify the factors that predispose them to sexual behavior.
What will be an ideal response?
The motivations for sexual experimentation and activity among teenagers are numerous and complex: curiosity, pleasure, and desire, to name a few. Sexuality researchers have been able to target and cluster several important factors that predispose teenagers to sexual behavior: social/environmental factors, which include community, family structure, peers, and romantic partners, and individual characteristics.
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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A. injured axons to form new branches B. injured dendrites to form new branches C. uninjured axons to form new branches D. uninjured dendrites to form new branches
Administration of a drug that prevents the movement of Ca ++ ions across the neural membrane into the cell is likely to
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