NURS 280 Final Exam questions with
complete solutions (passed)
What are some puberty changes in ALL bodies? - correct answer ✔✔Big feet
Growth spurts
Skin changes
Perspiration and odor
Body hair
Voice changes
Moodiness Crushes
Humans grow ____________ - correct answer ✔✔From the bottom up
(starts with feet and ends with the development of the brain - particularly the prefrontal cortex which
helps with decision-making)
What is a growth spurt? - correct answer ✔✔If you grow more than 3cm in a year.
Children typically grow 3cm a year. Once your growth surpasses that, it is definitionally considered a
growth spurt.
What is the age range puberty typically starts? - correct answer ✔✔Age 9-12
How many hours of sleep should kids be getting during the stage of puberty? - correct answer ✔✔11-12
hours a night
What are some puberty changes that occur in SOME bodies due to testosterone? - correct answer
✔✔broader shoulders
frequent erections
,nocturnal emissions
What are some puberty changes that occur in SOME bodies due to estrogen? - correct answer ✔✔wider
hips
breast development menstruation
All data on masturbation is _________ - correct answer ✔✔Never accurate and ALWAYS self-reported
What are young people learning at the stage of adolescence? - correct answer ✔✔• how to adapt to
their changing bodies
• how to protect their sexual health
What are young people developing at the stage of adolescent? - correct answer ✔✔• their sexual selves
(needs, feelings, desires, identity, etc.)
• relationship skills (healthy & unhealthy)
What is the average age of sexual debut in Canada for those who reported being sexually active? -
correct answer ✔✔Around 17
What percentage of people were in a romantic relationship with their partner during their sexual debut?
- correct answer ✔✔About 80%
How many high school students have NOT engaged in intercourse? - correct answer ✔✔About 80%
What are some inicators of early sexual debut? - correct answer ✔✔-poor school attachment (i.e., not
on a sports team, student gov., or not feeling school community/connectedness)
-poor parental relationships
These help us feel seen or known.
, What is the "Blowj*b Question"? - correct answer ✔✔"why do kids dont think "blow jobs" is considered
sex?"
This is a perception people have about youth caused by moral panic.
Moral Panic - correct answer ✔✔The reaction by a group of people based on exaggerated or false
perceptions about "deviance" (actually non-deviant sexual act/behaviours).
About how many of BC Students have ever had oral sex? Is the trend changing? - correct answer ✔✔22%
of students have ever had oral sex and given oral sex. This trend is decreasing (down from 26% in 2008).
This is as common as intercourse and often occurs at around the same age
What are the different gender patterns of oral sex? - correct answer ✔✔21% of males reported they
received oral sex; while 18% of women received oral sex
13% of males had given oral sex; and 21% of women received oral sex
WOMEN GIVE MORE ORAL SEX.
Orgasm Gap - correct answer ✔✔a phenomenon in which heterosexual women report fewer orgasms
than heterosexual men. Occurs especially with oral sex.
From birth to age 2, sexual response is _____________________ - correct answer ✔✔Spontaneous and
reflexive. Note: human sexual response also happens before birth (i.e., vaginal lubrication, or erection in
utero)
What are you developing from birth to age 2? - correct answer ✔✔• attachment to family/caregivers
• basic social skills
What are children from birth to age 2 learning? - correct answer ✔✔• names for body parts and how
people feel about them • rules/beliefs about gender
complete solutions (passed)
What are some puberty changes in ALL bodies? - correct answer ✔✔Big feet
Growth spurts
Skin changes
Perspiration and odor
Body hair
Voice changes
Moodiness Crushes
Humans grow ____________ - correct answer ✔✔From the bottom up
(starts with feet and ends with the development of the brain - particularly the prefrontal cortex which
helps with decision-making)
What is a growth spurt? - correct answer ✔✔If you grow more than 3cm in a year.
Children typically grow 3cm a year. Once your growth surpasses that, it is definitionally considered a
growth spurt.
What is the age range puberty typically starts? - correct answer ✔✔Age 9-12
How many hours of sleep should kids be getting during the stage of puberty? - correct answer ✔✔11-12
hours a night
What are some puberty changes that occur in SOME bodies due to testosterone? - correct answer
✔✔broader shoulders
frequent erections
,nocturnal emissions
What are some puberty changes that occur in SOME bodies due to estrogen? - correct answer ✔✔wider
hips
breast development menstruation
All data on masturbation is _________ - correct answer ✔✔Never accurate and ALWAYS self-reported
What are young people learning at the stage of adolescence? - correct answer ✔✔• how to adapt to
their changing bodies
• how to protect their sexual health
What are young people developing at the stage of adolescent? - correct answer ✔✔• their sexual selves
(needs, feelings, desires, identity, etc.)
• relationship skills (healthy & unhealthy)
What is the average age of sexual debut in Canada for those who reported being sexually active? -
correct answer ✔✔Around 17
What percentage of people were in a romantic relationship with their partner during their sexual debut?
- correct answer ✔✔About 80%
How many high school students have NOT engaged in intercourse? - correct answer ✔✔About 80%
What are some inicators of early sexual debut? - correct answer ✔✔-poor school attachment (i.e., not
on a sports team, student gov., or not feeling school community/connectedness)
-poor parental relationships
These help us feel seen or known.
, What is the "Blowj*b Question"? - correct answer ✔✔"why do kids dont think "blow jobs" is considered
sex?"
This is a perception people have about youth caused by moral panic.
Moral Panic - correct answer ✔✔The reaction by a group of people based on exaggerated or false
perceptions about "deviance" (actually non-deviant sexual act/behaviours).
About how many of BC Students have ever had oral sex? Is the trend changing? - correct answer ✔✔22%
of students have ever had oral sex and given oral sex. This trend is decreasing (down from 26% in 2008).
This is as common as intercourse and often occurs at around the same age
What are the different gender patterns of oral sex? - correct answer ✔✔21% of males reported they
received oral sex; while 18% of women received oral sex
13% of males had given oral sex; and 21% of women received oral sex
WOMEN GIVE MORE ORAL SEX.
Orgasm Gap - correct answer ✔✔a phenomenon in which heterosexual women report fewer orgasms
than heterosexual men. Occurs especially with oral sex.
From birth to age 2, sexual response is _____________________ - correct answer ✔✔Spontaneous and
reflexive. Note: human sexual response also happens before birth (i.e., vaginal lubrication, or erection in
utero)
What are you developing from birth to age 2? - correct answer ✔✔• attachment to family/caregivers
• basic social skills
What are children from birth to age 2 learning? - correct answer ✔✔• names for body parts and how
people feel about them • rules/beliefs about gender
