Chapter 7: Sexual Relationships

Question 1

Is there a correlation between male sexuality and cardiovascular risk with erectile dysfunction?

Answer 1

• so-called organic causes include cardiovascular problems, kidney disease, and drug effects (e.g., SSRIs).

Question 2

Meston and Buss (2009) asked 1500 people why they have sex.

Answer 2

• # 1. I was attracted to the person.
• # 2. I wanted to experience the physical pleasure.
• # 3. It feels good.

Question 3

How do heterosexual US couples meet their romantic partners? 1940-2009?

Answer 3

• in 1934 it was through friends
• since 1980 it has been online

Question 4

Is premarital sex wrong?

Answer 4

• women think that premarital sex is more wrong than men.

Question 5

Why have Americans changed their minds about premarital sex?

Answer 5

• the shift in generations, plus less religiosity and fewer married people.

Question 6

Is extramarital sex wrong?

Answer 6

attitudes towards extramarital sex correlated with pornography consumption, even when controlling for numerous potential confounding factors.

Question 7

Is Quebec Canada’s erogenous zone?

Answer 7

• Quebecers are more relaxed about strippers and sex clubs and have better sex than the rest of us.

Question 8

England and Bearak, 2014; the reasons students have casual sex?

Answer 8

(12,061 W, 5,445 M)
- I wish there were more opportunities for finding someone to have a relationship with at my school. 69% W, 70% M
- Any kind of consensual sex is okay as long as both persons freely agree to it. 85% W, 84% M

Question 9

What are the constructs for the ideal romantic partner on twelve male traits? (female)

Answer 9

• athletic (50%)
• sense of humor
• masculine
• good body
• good voice
• good looking
• stays at home
• considerate
• patient
• good income
• high social status
• successful career

Question 10

Why are women less likely to accept a sexual offer from a stranger?

Answer 10

• social ramifications of this behavior for women versus men
• women are perceived less intelligent, less psychologically well adjusted, and more promiscuous than men who engaged in the same behavior.

Question 11

Who punishes promiscuous women?

Answer 11

• both women and men are prejudiced towards sexually accessible women, but only women inflict costly punishments.
• study called the dictator game, show a picture of women and asked if she was ‘sexually accessible’ or ‘sexually restrictive’.
• participants acting as ‘responders,’ punishment varied in opposite directions in regard to sexually accessible women.

Question 12

What are women less attracted to in male facial features?

Answer 12

the dark triads can be detected in faces and women find them less attractive.

Question 13

What is disgust sensitivity?

Answer 13

• humans experience disgust after exposure to pathogen cues
• suggesting that behavior seems to be driven by the psychological facets SOI.
• sociosexual attitude and desire mediate the relationship between disgust and sociosexual behavior.
• sociosexuality varies with gender and sexual orientation

Question 14

In Oswalt and Wyatt, 2011, studies the difference in amount of casual sex across sexual orientations among college students.

Answer 14

• Lesbian = 1.75
• Bisexual females* = 2.54
• Unsure females = 2.27
• survey of 25K+ U.S. college students

Question 15

Are online daters different than offline daters?

Answer 15

• overall, yes because of rejection sensitivity was predictive of online dating use (Blackhart et al., 2014)

Question 16

Who is using online dating for casual sex?

Answer 16

• Sevi at al., 2017 found links to lower sexual disgust and (obviously) higher sociosexuality.
• an evolved response to prevent mating with biologically suboptimal partners.

Question 17

What was the examination of deceptive self-presentation in online dating profiles?

Answer 17

• Toma et al. (2008) asked online daters about their profiles’ honesty.
• Found deception, primarily in relation to physical presentation.
• females lie about weight
• males lie about height.

Question 18

What is tinder self-presentation and motives for use?

Answer 18

• this paper found that self-esteem was the best predictor of tinder deception. (Ranzini et al., 2017)

Question 19

What percentage of female subjects responded positively to opening lines?

Answer 19

• I feel a little embarrassed about this, but I’d like to meet you. (81.82%)

Question 20

What is love according to Sternberg?

Answer 20

Intimacy, Passion, commitment

Question 21

What are all three of the love triangle according to Sternberg called?

Answer 21

Intimacy, Passion, and commitment = consummate love
- just intimacy is liking
- just passion is infatuation
- just commitment is empty love
- intimacy + passion = Romantic love
- intimacy + commitment = companionate love
- passion + commitment = Fatuous love.

Question 22

Does love influence reproductive success in humans?

Answer 22

• the Hadza (Tanzania) number included approx. 1,000-1,300 individuals.
• monogamous with only about 4% of men having two wives, and virtually all Hadza adults are married.
• evidence of sex differences, highlighting their universal nature.
• commitment was associated with reproductive success in both men and women.
• and with passion and intimacy in women, though in different directions.

Question 23

What is the correlation between companionate love (CLS) and passionate love (PLS)?

Answer 23

• CLS is more strongly associated with life satisfaction, whereas PLS has been linked to emotional affect.

Question 24

What is romantic jealousy typically divided into?

Answer 24

sexual and emotional

Question 25

What are the gender differences in response to jealousy on FB?

Answer 25

jealousy can, in turn, lead to snooping, such behavior was associated with social media jealousy in both men and women.