ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Abstinence - CORRECT ANSWER - Abstain from sexual encounters
Ejaculation - CORRECT ANSWER - Release of sperm during orgasm
Menarche - CORRECT ANSWER - The very first menstrual period. Occurs between ages
of 12 and 13 or 10 and 15 yrs of age
Nocturnal Emissions - CORRECT ANSWER - Also known as "wet dreams". This is
ejaculation of semen during sleep
Puberty - CORRECT ANSWER - Sexual maturity or ability to reproduce/create life.
Spermatogenesis - CORRECT ANSWER - Production of sperm
Which hormones are involved in the jump start production of sperm? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Testorsterone and FSH. Released from the hypothalamus -> anterior pituitary
-> to testes
Ectopic Pregnancy - CORRECT ANSWER - Pregnancy outside of uterus
Adolescence - CORRECT ANSWER - Bridge between childhood and adulthood.
How long is the adolescence period? - CORRECT ANSWER - From 10 yrs to 20 yrs
, Adolescence is split into 3 categories. What are they and correspond to which stage in years? -
CORRECT ANSWER - Early 10-13 yrs of age
Middle 14-16 yrs of age
Late 17-20 yrs of age
Intimacy - CORRECT ANSWER - Establishing a meaningful relationship that can be
social, sexual or intellectual
Clique - CORRECT ANSWER - Social group with fixed exclusive membership. Members
share similar interests, values, and tastes.
Cultural Competence - CORRECT ANSWER - An understanding that others culture is
different and respecting said practices and values.
A young adolescent is in which state of Piaget's theory? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Concrete phase of thinking
Concrete phase of thinking involves what? - CORRECT ANSWER - is a young adolescent
that interprets words and concepts literally.
By middle adolescence, how does one think? - CORRECT ANSWER - Begin to think
more abstractly
An adolescent is moving towards which stage in Kohlber's theory? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Post conventional stage of moral judgement
In Kohlber's theory, an early adolescent is motivated by what? - CORRECT ANSWER -
the need to conform and please others
In Kohlber's theory, a later adolescent is motivated by what? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Moral principles based on one's individual thinking and beliefs.