Some Studies Suggest That Teens Who Take an "Abstinence Pledge

question 147

Multiple Choice

Some studies suggest that teens who take an "abstinence pledge" during the course of abstinence-only education:

• A)are three times more likely to have sex than teens who receive sex education.
• B)are much less likely to have sex than teens who receive sex education.
• C)have sex just as much as teens who receive sex education but tend to be more monogamous.
• D)have sex at the same rate as teens who receive sex education but are less likely to use birth control.

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Definitions:

Sperling's Experiments

Psychological experiments conducted by George Sperling that demonstrated the existence of iconic memory, showcasing how people can recall visual information after short exposures.

Ebbinghaus

Refers to Hermann Ebbinghaus, a German psychologist known for his pioneering work on memory and the forgetting curve.

Rate of Forgetting

The pace at which information is lost over time from memory, often described by the forgetting curve.

Auditory Sensation

The perceptual experience of sound, which occurs when sound waves are converted into electrical signals processed by the brain.