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Exam 2 Flashcards

1
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Refers to sexual, attractions one has to others

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Sexual Orientation

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2
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People who are physically attracted to more than one sex

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Bisexuality

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3
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Heterosexually identified women who engage in sexual activity with women for the purpose of pleasing or arousing men

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Performative Bisexuality

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4
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Challenges assumption that individuals defined by some type of sexual attraction

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Asexuality

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5
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Sexual attraction, romantic love or emotional attraction toward people of any sex or gender identity

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Pansexual, polysexual, or omnisexual

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6
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People who do not identity as heterosexual and/or cisgender

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Queer

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7
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Who term the word sexual fluidity?

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Lisa Diamond

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8
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Bad heterosexual experiences cause a person to become gay (e.g., sexual abuse of opposite sex)

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Myth

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9
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Some erroneously believe individuals become homosexual because seduced by or influenced by other homosexual person

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Seduction Myth

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10
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What determines a person’s sexual orientation?

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  • Cross-culturally robust finding that adult homosexuality is strongly related to childhood gender nonconformity
  • Moderate genetic influences demonstrated in well-sampled twins studies
  • Cross-culturally robust fraternal-birth-order effect on male sexual orientation
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11
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Originate from a single fertilized ovum that divides into 2 separate embryos w/ identical genetics

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Monozygotic or Identical Twins

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12
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Originate when a woman ovaries release 2 ova & fertilized by different sperm

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Dizygotic or Fraternal Twins

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13
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Is the study of how your behaviors & environment can cause changes that affect they way your genes work by changing how body reads a DNA sequence

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Epigenetics

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Describes anti homosexual attitudes that stigmatize & denigrate any behaviors, identities, relationships, & communities that are not heterosexual

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Homophobia

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15
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Belief that heterosexuality is somehow better than LGBTQ identities

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Heterosexism

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16
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What are Robert Sternberg 3 dimensions of love?

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  • Passion
  • Intimacy
  • Commitment
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17
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What is passion?

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  • Romantic feelings
  • Physical attraction
  • Desire for sexual interaction
  • Addiction
  • Powerful cravings
  • Beginning of a romance
  • Usually short-lived
  • Not always indicative of successful relationship
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18
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What is intimacy?

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  • Emotional component
  • Sense of being bonded
  • Emotional closeness
  • Willingness to help the other
  • Share private thoughts & feelings
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19
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What is commitment?

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  • Cognitive component
  • Conscious decision to love one another & maintain a relationship
  • Tackle obstacles
  • For example: arranged marriages
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20
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Rapid increase, then decline

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Passion

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21
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Slowly increase

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Intimacy & Commitment

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22
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Intimacy & commitment predicted long & stable relationship

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Dating Couples Study

23
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Married couples had higher levels of intimacy & commitment while passion declined

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Married/Unmarried Couples Study

24
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What are John Allan Lee six love styles?

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  • Romantic lover
  • Game-playing lover
  • Possessive lover
  • Companionate lover
  • Altruistic lover
  • Pragmatic lover
25
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What is a romantic lover?

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  • Emphasize physical beauty
  • Affectionate & communicative
26
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What is a game-playing lover?

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  • Sexual “conquests”
  • Little/no commitment
  • Love is for fun & transitory
  • Enjoys the art of seduction
27
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What is a possessive lover?

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  • Obsessive relationships
  • Emotional turmoil, jealousy
28
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What is a companionate lover?

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  • Starts w/ friendship
  • Slow to develop
  • Peaceful & enduring
29
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What is altruistic lover?

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  • Selfless & caring
  • Not demanding/jealous
30
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What is a pragmatic lover?

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  • Use rational, practical criteria
  • Shared interests
31
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What happens when two people tend toward different styles of loving according to Lee?

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  • Loving relationships frequently fail to thrive over time because “speaking different languages when speak of love”
  • Satisfaction and success in loving relationships often depends on finding a partner that shares same style or approach to loving.
32
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What are Chapman’s five ways of expressing/receiving love called love languages?

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  • Receiving gifts
  • Quality time
  • Words of affirmation
  • Acts of service (devotion)
  • Physical touch
33
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Chemical signals b/w neurons & other cells

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Neurotransmitters

34
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Affect mood, motivation, attention, & excitement

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Dopamine (DA) & Norepinephrine (NE)

35
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Affects mood, obsession, sex, & sleep

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Serotonin

36
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Hormone involved in uterine contractions, love, & bonding b/w lovers, family, parental; decrease cortisol levels (stress) and orgasm increases levels

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Oxytocin (released from pituitary gland)

37
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Affects pair bonding, social behavior, & memory formation

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Vasopressin (released from pituitary gland)

38
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With whom do we fall in love?

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  • Proximity
  • Similarity
  • Reciprocity
  • Physical attractiveness
39
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Refer to as “turned on” or “revved up” or “hot” like an energy system

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Sexual Arousal

40
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Gateway to outside world is largest organ in body

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Skin

41
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Areas of body particularly sensitive to touch, & that lead to sexual arousal when stimulated

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Erogenous zones

42
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What are primary erogenous zones?

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  • Dense in nerve endings
  • Often located around body openings, such as genitals, mouth, ears & anus
43
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Become sensitized through personal experience, & are specific for each person

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Secondary erogenous zones

44
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More stimulating for males than females

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Hypothesis

45
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Initiate sense because object must be taken into body through the mouth

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Taste

46
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Sounds can both enhance or lessen arousal

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Hearing

47
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Substances that are thought to arouse or increase sexual response

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Aphrodisiacs

48
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Substance that diminishes sexual desire

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Anaphrodisiac

49
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Low-functioning of ovaries or testes

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Hypogonadism

50
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Surgical or chemical disabling of testes drastically reducing T levels

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Castration

51
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What are the 4 phases of the sexual response cycle?

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  • Excitement
  • Plateau
  • Orgasm
  • Resolution
52
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What are methods of stimulation?

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  • Masturbation
  • Manual/Oral
  • Coitus
  • Fantasy
53
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Body tissues become engorged w/ blood

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Vasocongestion

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