Our Understanding of the Sexuality Related Needs and Challenges Facing

question 81

Multiple Choice

Our understanding of the sexuality related needs and challenges facing sexual minority youth is somewhat limited because

• A)LBGTQ youth do not feel comfortable talking about their sexuality.
• B)most research on the sexual behaviour of adolescents groups all teens together.
• C)surveys on adolescent sexual behaviour are not carried out very often.
• D)there are too few LBGTQ youth to warrant extensive research.

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Definitions:

Overextension

A linguistic phenomenon where a child applies a word in a broader context than is appropriate, indicating the developmental process of language acquisition.

Receptive Vocabularies

The words a person can understand and recognize, even if they cannot actively use them in speech or writing.

Productive Vocabularies

The set of words an individual can actively use in speech or writing, as opposed to passive vocabulary recognized in others' communications.

Speech Sounds

The distinct units of sound, such as phonemes, that are used in a language to convey meaning.