Penny is a survivor of child sexual abuse. Over the years, she has found herself reliving the abuse ("flashbacks"); avoiding situations, thoughts, and feelings related to the abuse ("emotional numbing"); sleep disturbances;
a heightened startle response ("hypervigilance"); and difficulty concentrating. Her counselor says she is suffering from ________.
a. post-traumatic stress disorder
b. psychotic depression
c. emotional outburst
d. rape desensitization syndrome
Answer: A
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However, the fact that abstinence-only education (AOE) was the only federally funded sexual education program from 1996-2006 suggests that conservative groups, evangelical Christians, and politicians ____. a. put their own agenda in front of the public's interests b. carefully considered the public's opinions when allocating funds for sexual education c. carefully analyzed the scientific literature before exclusively allocating funds for AOE d. compromised with the public by supporting sexual education that taught about all aspects of sexuality including the benefits of abstinence
What is one factor thought to contribute to the skyrocketing rates of HIV infection among gay black and Latino men?
a. higher rates of promiscuity b. certain biological factors, common among black and Latino men, make them more susceptible to HIV infection c. greater intolerance towards homosexuality in black and Latino cultures d. self-fulfilling prophecy: they feel that society does not care about their well-being, so they are more likely to engage in self-destructive behaviors
What is the distinction between a transvestite and a transsexual?
a. Transsexual men derive sexual pleasure from dressing as a woman, but tend not to want to be a woman; male transvestites identify as the opposite sex and thus do not dress as a woman for sexual arousal. b. Male transvestites derive sexual pleasure from dressing as a woman, but tend not to want to be a woman; transsexual men identify as the opposite sex and thus do not dress as a woman for sexual arousal. c. Male transvestites are openly transgendered and thus tend to cross dress in public; male transsexuals are not open about their transgendered identity and thus tend to only cross dress in private. d. Male transsexuals are openly transgendered and thus tend to cross dress in public; male transvestites are not open about their transgendered identity and thus tend to only cross dress in private.
Which of the following is a belief held by doctors in the early part of the nineteenth century?
A. Masturbation is a sexual disease that could lead to death. B. They believed that female sexuality should be directed toward sexual pleasure. C. They considered homosexual relationships to be normal. D. Scientific study of sexuality could improve people's sexual health. E. People's earliest sexual fantasies revolved around a sexual attraction to the opposite-sex parent.