Sexuality

Question 1

Limited viewpoint of sexuality

Answer 1

Conservative

Question 2

Understanding viewpoint of sexuality

Answer 2

Liberal

Question 3

4 top categories of sex researched

Answer 3

Pre-marital sex, extra-marital sex, teenage sex, and homosexuality

Question 4

(Sexual desire) has three components

Answer 4

Libido

Question 5

How intense is the desire that one feels for another.

Answer 5

Attractiveness - Libido

Question 6

How open one is to the advances of another.

Answer 6

Receptiveness - Libido

Question 7

The active behaviors that reflect attractivity and receptiveness.

Answer 7

Proceptivity - Libido

Question 8

Preference for sexual partners of the same or opposite sex.

Answer 8

Sexual Orientation

Question 9

A person who is sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex.

Answer 9

Heterosexual

Question 10

A person who is sexually attracted to members of the same sex.

Answer 10

Homosexual

Question 11

A person who is sexually attracted to members of both sexes.

Answer 11

Bisexual

Question 12

A person who is without sexual attraction to either sex.

Answer 12

Asexual

Question 13

A person who asserts that sex and gender are irrelevant in determining sexual attraction.

Answer 13

Pansexuality

Question 14

Video: Rat deprived of testosterone influenced to be more attracted to male rats. Hormones

Answer 14

True

Question 15

The more older brothers a man has, the more chances of him being gay (1/3 increase) Right handed only

Answer 15

True

Question 16

Contrary of societal stereotypes, gay and lesbian individuals have the same wide range of psychological and social attributes that heterosexuals do.

Heterosexual women have the same finger length ration of gay men. (vice versa with hetero men and gay women.)

Hetero men have a vibration pattern like gay women. (vise versa with hetero women and gay men)

Answer 16

Sexual orientation - True

Question 17

The fetuses’ exposure to hormones while still in utero may predispose some to homosexuality.

Example: Lesbian daughter - Mom took hormones for fertiility

Answer 17

Biological - What influences sexual orientation

Question 18

Identical twins are more alike in sexual orientation than fraternal twins.

Example: Older brother effect

Answer 18

Genetic - What influences sexual orientation

Question 19

1. Homosexuality stemming from domineering mother and a weak father has received little support
2. Gay or lesbian parents have little impact on later sexual environment
3. Seduction into the homosexual lifestyle has little support

Answer 19

Environmental - What influences sexual orientation

Question 20

Example: Aggressive yelling about homosexuals when secretly and or denyingly gay

Answer 20

Reaction formation - defense mechanism (psychodynamic theory)

Question 21

Classify:
Person A is a man who is married and has 3 children. Approximately once a month he engages in impersonal sex with another man in a public restroom.

Answer 21

1-5 on gay scale

indefinite

Question 22

Person C is a 44 year old woman who has been married for 20 years. Occasionally during intercourse with her husband she imagines engaging in sex with another woman. She has had no other sexual partner other than her husband.

Answer 22

1-5 on gay scale

indefinite

Question 23

Contrary to popular belief, moderate porn consumption does not make users more aggressive, promote sexism, or harm relationships.

Exposure to porn may make some people less likely to commit sexual crimes.

Keeps abnormal sexuality within confines of imagination.

Helps limit sexual repression.

Answer 23

True

Question 24

Suppressing the desire to view porn for moral or religious reasons may strengthen the urge for it and exacerbate sexual problems.

Answer 24

True

Question 25

Person B is a 29-year-old woman who was sexually active with men from the time she was 19 until she was raped at 24. She has had no sexual contact since that time. She is no longer interested in sex with men, but says she would consider a sexual relationship with another woman.

Answer 25

1-5 on gay scale | indefinite

Question 26

Person D is a woman who shares an apartment with another woman. They have not had any sexual contact other than an occasional hug and kiss when greeting or departing.

Answer 26

1-5 on gay scale | indefinite

Question 27

Person E is a 5-year-old boy who enjoys watching basketball. When asked whom he wants to marry he answers, “Michael Jordan.”

Answer 27

1-5 on gay scale | indefinite

Question 28

Person F is a 28-year-old man who has been sent to prison. From the time he was 20 until he was sent to prison he engaged in intercourse with his girlfriend twice weekly. Now he engages in intercourse with other male inmates twice weekly. He plans to continue his sexual relationship with his girlfriend once he is released from prison.

Answer 28

1-5 on gay scale | indefinite

Question 29

Person G is a 58-year-old man who lives alone. He has never married, nor has he had any sexual contact of any kind. He occasionally buys pornographic magazines, which depict male-to-male sexual contact, although he does not enjoy these very much.

Answer 29

1-5 on gay scale | indefinite