Chapter 9 - Lifespan - Lectures

Question 1

At what age do young children begin to masterbate?

Answer 1

Two or Three.

Question 2

Orgasm is rare before what age?

Answer 2

Two years old.

Question 3

When do babies begin to explore their genitals?

Answer 3

7-10 months

Question 4

“Sexual” behaviours in young children is motivated by what?

Answer 4

Curiosity and exploration

Question 5

Neglecting infants can result in?

Answer 5

Higher than usual mortality rates and attachment disorder.

Question 6

At what age do children start noticing and being curious about the physical differences between males and females?

Answer 6

One and two.

Question 7

At what age can children start playing doctor, and when do they usually start “playing doctor”.

Answer 7

As early as 12-15 months, usually two years.

Question 8

Is same sex sexual play during childhood indicative of sexual orientation?

Answer 8

No

Question 9

When does interest in sex generally increase by?

Answer 9

Age 10

Question 10

What is the most common expression of sexuality in preadolescence?

Answer 10

Masterbation

Question 11

During preadolescence, do males or females masterbate more?

Answer 11

Males

Question 12

Toward the end of preadolescence, what sorts of games do children play to explore their sexuality?

Answer 12

Spin the bottle.

Question 13

Sexualization of girls can cause what symptoms in girls?

Answer 13

Depression, anxiety and shame

Question 14

When does menarche being for girls?

Answer 14

Adolescence

Question 15

When do males experience semenarche?

Answer 15

Adolescence

Question 16

When do secondary sex characteristics develop?

Answer 16

Adolescence

Question 17

When does puberty start for girls?

Answer 17

Between age 10-11

Question 18

When does puberty start for boys?

Answer 18

Between 12-13

Question 19

What is the primary sexual expression during adolescence?

Answer 19

Masterbation, although more and more partnered sexual activities occur.

Question 20

What are examples of male-female sexual behaviour during adolescence?

Answer 20

Dating, Petting (touching above and below the waist), oral sex.

Question 21

What percent of teenagers engage in “petting” before grade 11?

Answer 21

75%

Question 22

What percent of Canadian youth engage in oral sex by grade 11?

Answer 22

50%

Question 23

Average age for first sexual intercourse for Canadian males and females?

Answer 23

17 years old

Question 24

What is one of the greatest predictors of early teen pregnancy?

Answer 24

Ineffective and inconsistent condom use

Question 25

How common is condom usage among Canadian teenagers?

Answer 25

Most teenager use condoms.

Question 26

Are rates of STIs low or high among Canadian teenagers?

Answer 26

High

Question 27

What percent of grade 10 Canadians have sexual intercourse?

Answer 27

25%

Question 28

Factors related to age of first sexual intercourse

Answer 28

Low connectedness to family and school, sexually permissive peers, alcohol use, smoking, low self-esteem (girls), high self-esteem, sex education.

Question 29

Do adolescent females or males approve of casual sex more?

Answer 29

adolescent males

Question 30

What percent of adolescents approve of premarital sex?

Answer 30

82% (the majority) if the couple loves one another; 58% if the couple likes each other; less than half if they're religious.

Question 31

A negative outcome of having a baby as a teen (for the baby)?

Answer 31

Baby is more likely to be underweight.

Question 32

A negative outcome of having a baby as a teen (for the mother)?

Answer 32

Teen mothers more likely to have a lower socioeconomic status.

Question 33

Obstacles faced by sexual minority youth

Answer 33

Discrimination, prejudice, violence, invisibility.

Question 34

Gay and lesbian youth are...

Answer 34

More likely to be sexually active; earlier first sexual experiences; more likely to have been pressure into sex; more likely to have contracted an STI; more likely to have an unplanned pregnancy; and more likely to report emotional distress and low self-esteem.

Question 35

What are different (sexual) lifestyles that most adults experience?

Answer 35

Cohabitation, marriage, and divorce.

Question 36

4 developmental tasks associated with integrating sexuality in longer-term relationships

Answer 36

Passion, friendship, communication, and sexual health.

Question 37

What are options for a single person to express sexuality?

Answer 37

Celibacy, serial monogamy, and casual sex.

Question 38

Serial monogamy

Answer 38

Involved in one exclusive relationship after another

Question 39

Celibacy

Answer 39

Complete sexual abstinence - either due to choice or lack of suitable partner.

Question 40

4 kinds of casual sex

Answer 40

one-night stands, booty calls, fuck buddies, and friends with benefits

Question 41

People who spend more time on Facebook report...

Answer 41

More jealousy-related feelings and behaviours

Question 42

Canadians who marry after cohabiting are how much more likely to get divorced than those who did not live together first?

Answer 42

50%

Question 43

Why do people marry?

Answer 43

Meets personal and cultural needs; legitimized sexual relations; provides legal structure; permits orderly transmission of wealth; love, companionship, children.

Question 44

What are benefits of marriage for same-sex couples?

Answer 44

Social sanction, normalization of relationship; equality in decision making, child rearing, legal-economic benefits; closeness to partner/greater relationship satisfaction; less internalized homophobia; openness to idea of having children.

Question 45

In 2008, the average age of first marriage for women and for men?

Answer 45

29.1 for women; 31.1 for men

Question 46

In 1972, the average age of first marriage for women and for men?

Answer 46

22.5 for women; 24.9 for men

Question 47

Do men get married more often for romantic reasons or pragmatic reasons?

Answer 47

Romantic reasons

Question 48

Do women get married more often for romantic reasons or pragmatic reasons?

Answer 48

Pragmatic reasons

Question 49

Homogamy

Answer 49

Marrying someone who is similar to oneself in social background and standing.

Question 50

Half of all married 18-24 year olds report having sex how often?

Answer 50

2 to 3 times per week

Question 51

How often do older adults report having sex?

Answer 51

A few times a month

Question 52

When does the rate of sex tend to peak in a relationship?

Answer 52

During the first few years of marriage

Question 53

What rate of men report having extramarital sex?

Answer 53

22%-25%

Question 54

What rate of women report having extramarital sex?

Answer 54

11%-15%

Question 55

Profile of an individual most likely to engage in extramarital sex.

Answer 55

Male, educated, less religious, more sexual interest, permissive sexual values, opportunities outside the marriage, and less satisfaction with their primary relationship.

Question 56

How many marriages end in divorce in Canada?

Answer 56

Over 1/3 of marriages

Question 57

Average age of divorce for women

Answer 57

40

Question 58

Average age of divorce for men

Answer 58

44

Question 59

Who is more financially disadvantaged due to divorce, men or women?

Answer 59

Women

Question 60

What sexual difficulties do men between the ages of 40-80 experience?

Answer 60

Difficulties with erection, reaching orgasm, and sexual interest

Question 61

What sexual difficulties do women between the ages of 40-80 experience?

Answer 61

Decreases in vaginal lubrication

Question 62

When do most women experience perimenopause

Answer 62

Around 51

Question 63

What are symptoms of menopause?

Answer 63

Reduced myotonia, reduce vaginal lubrication, reduced elasticity of vaginal walls, smaller increases in breast size during arousal, reduced intensity of muscle spasms during orgasm.

Question 64

Physical and hormone-related changes in sexuality in men with older age

Answer 64

Decreases in testosterone in the brain and body is associated with a decline in sexual desire, longer time to erection and orgasm, need for more direct stimulation for erection and orgasm, less semen ejaculated during orgasm, erections may be less firm, less intense orgasmic contractions, lessened feeling of need to ejaculate, longer refractory period.

Question 65

Sexuality-related developmental tasks in latter life

Answer 65

Maintaining self-perception as a sexual being; adapting to reduced frequency of sexual desire,adapting to reduced intensity of genital sexual response; adapting to death or disability of partner; adapting to entry into long-term care facility; using protection against HIV/STIs.

Question 66

Effects of aging on gay males and lesbians

Answer 66

Emphasis on youth, particularly in gay male culture, increased feelings of discrimination/marginalization; social structures in Canada do not meet the sexual/relationship needs of older gay and lesbian Canadians; social and medical systems in Canada do not adequately address the social and medical needs of trans elders.