1. Homosexuality has been prevalent historically in a number of major cultures such as in
ancient Greece.
TRUE
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Blooms: Remember
Learning Objective: 01-02 Show the influences on sexuality of relegion; science; the media; and the Internet.
Topic: 01-01 Sex and Gender
2. When the term sex is used by the authors of your text they are referring both to behaviour
that leads to sexual arousal as well as the state of being male or female.
FALSE
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Blooms: Remember
Learning Objective: 01-01 Identify some of the issues surrounding the terms sex and gender.
Topic: 01-01 Sex and Gender
3. At least until about 100 years ago, most information that people used in interpreting sex
and sexuality came from religion (and rumour).
TRUE
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Blooms: Remember
Learning Objective: 01-02 Show the influences on sexuality of relegion; science; the media; and the Internet.
Topic: 01-03 Religion
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4. Fortunately, in today's world, most of the information that we have about sexuality comes
from science and is relatively unaffected by religious thought.
FALSE
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Blooms: Remember
Learning Objective: 01-02 Show the influences on sexuality of relegion; science; the media; and the Internet.
Topic: 01-02 Influences on Sexuality
5. Contributions to the systematic understanding of sexuality in the modern sense began with
a number of researchers during the Victorian era.
TRUE
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Blooms: Remember
Learning Objective: 01-02 Show the influences on sexuality of relegion; science; the media; and the Internet.
Topic: 01-02 Influences on Sexuality
6. According to a 2011 New Brunswick study, 5 percent of female students had engaged in
sexual activity with a partner online?
FALSE
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Blooms: Remember
Learning Objective: 01-03 Describe the contributions of the major sex researchers to sex research and education.
Topic: 01-06 The Internet
7. The early sex researchers were so successful in their efforts because they were not
significantly influenced by the society and culture in which they lived.
FALSE
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Blooms: Remember
Learning Objective: 01-03 Describe the contributions of the major sex researchers to sex research and education.
Topic: 01-05 The Media
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8. The average person is much more likely to accept the findings of science rather than the
images presented in the mass media.
FALSE
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Blooms: Remember
Learning Objective: 01-02 Show the influences on sexuality of relegion; science; the media; and the Internet.
Topic: 01-05 The Media
9. Sigmund Freud is considered a sex researcher.
TRUE
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Blooms: Remember
Learning Objective: 01-03 Describe the contributions of the major sex researchers to sex research and education.
Topic: 01-04 Science
10. An accepted behaviour amongst the Apinaye women of South America is to bite off pieces
of their partner's eyebrows during sex.
TRUE
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Blooms: Remember
Learning Objective: 01-04 Differentiate between sexual attitudes and behaviours in Canada and other cultures.
Topic: 01-07 Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Sexuality
11. Same-gender sexuality is found universally in all cultures and occurs more often in males
than females.
TRUE
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Blooms: Remember
Learning Objective: 01-04 Differentiate between sexual attitudes and behaviours in Canada and other cultures.
Topic: 01-07 Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Sexuality
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