Psych Sexuality Final Exam Flashcards
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______ was one of the first companies to get approval for Erectile Dysfunction drug Alista, before Viagra
Vivus
no new sexual problems for women have been discussed in ________.
literature
said they may have drugs for female sexual dysfunction and the market went wild
Vivus
Alista and Viagra were proved to _____ work on women
not
% of women have body issues
80%
skin patch found to boost ______ in women–successful
testosterone
one of the biggest companies in the world; began $100 million marketing before the patch was approved
Proctor and Gamble
Theory: sexual desire is just ______
testosterone
Clinical trials were tested on women who had surgery and had their ____ removed
uterus
patch is estrogen and testosterone patch; not told to public that ____ is included
estrogen
Viagra increases ______, not ______.
blood flow; orgasms
Alista and Viagra
drugs used for erections
occurs in non-human animals, is found in every human society even those with negative feelings about it, and attitudes about same-sex sexuality vary greatly around the world
same-sex sexual behavior
In which era did scientific approaches to understanding sex from a psychological perspective begin
Victorian era
According to Freud, a boy shifts to identifying with his father, taking on the father’s gender role, and acquiring the characteristics expected of men by society, during the ____ stage of psychosexual development?
phallic
A woman with a vaginal infection repeatedly experienced pain during intercourse, leading her to eventually stop having intercourse. This is an example of…
operant conditioning
Critical theories that explain sexual phenomena most likely discuss…
various behaviors and types of people as social constructions.
What is the most common method for measuring sexuality?
Self-reports
Enlargement and concealment are examples of …
purposeful distortion
What is a major advantage of direct observation over self-reports?
it is accurate
It has been used successfully with sexual minorities experiencing work stress from antigay prejudice and microaggressions.
acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT)
Hernando initiates sex with his wife Kiko. Although she is not very interested at first, as they begin kissing and petting each other, she becomes aroused. This pattern of sexual behavior is known as
responsive desire
One of the basic goals of Masters and Johnson’s therapy was to
eliminate goal-oriented sexual behavior.
Some women may only attain an orgasm through masturbation or hand or mouth stimulation by the partner. The notion that this is a disorder can be linked to
sexual scripts/belief there is a right way to have sex