Current Research Suggests That Sexual Intercourse During the High School

question 15

Multiple Choice

Current research suggests that sexual intercourse during the high school years:

• A) has been slowly but steadily decreasing over the past decade.
• B) is part of the normative experience of adolescence in America.
• C) is higher among adolescents in the United States than in other industrialized countries.
• D) is more likely among girls than for boys.

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Definitions:

Rumelhart

Rumelhart is best known for his work in cognitive psychology and artificial intelligence, particularly in the development of the parallel distributed processing framework.

Ortony

Andrew Ortony is a cognitive scientist known for his work in the areas of emotions and cognitive psychology.

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