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Ch.1 Human Sexuality
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Which statement best captures the difference between the terms "sex" and "sexuality?" | Sex refers to the biological distinctions between males and females, as well as sexual behavior; sexuality is a broader term that includes attraction and relationships. |
| The understanding that pregnancy results from a single act of coitus | Has been long addressed by withdrawal, barriers, and other methods |
| The transition from hunter-gatherer societies to city-states changed sexuality by | formalizing marriage and discouraging non-marital sex |
| For most of its history, organized Christianity | allowed sex only within the marriage |
| How have T.V. and internet shaped sexuality? | Internet access has normalized a wider range of sexual behaviors |
| The graph shows births per woman by year for White and African American women. What conclusions can be drawn by the graph? | Birth rates for both white and African American women have declined since 1850 |
| A therapist believes that men develop fetishes for wearing women's clothing due to problems in their early childhood relationship with their mothers. This therapist has most likely been influenced by the ideas of | Sigmund Freud |
| Current theories in neuroscience identify biological causes of sexual orientation. This theory was first advanced in the early 20th c. by sex researcher | Magnus Hirschfeld |
| How have scientific advances supported Hirschfeld's views about influences on sexual behavior? | Animal researchers have found that prenatal hormone levels influence adult sexual behavior |
| Which type of researcher would be most likely to study hormonal and genetic mechanisms of sexuality? | Biomedical researcher |
| Which statement is most accurate according to research exploring the relationship between media violence and sexual violence in men? | Average men who view sexual violence become more accepting of sexual violence |
| Pawlowski and others explored the question of whether risk-taking during street crossings reflected sexual displays. This study demonstrated that | Men maker higher-risk street crossings if women are present |
| Suppose that researchers discovered that young women rate mountain climbers and race car drivers as more sexually appealing than baseball players. Such a finding would best support | Pawlowski's belief that evolution selects for competitive, risk-taking men |
| What characteristic makes it difficult to collect accurate information about sexual behavior? | People's reluctance to share personal or embarrassing information |
| Which survey method for a study of human sexual behavior is likely to yield the most honest answers? | An online survey taken anonymously in a private room |
| Many psychology studies use only introductory psychology college students as participants. What is the primary risk of this approach to sexuality research? | A college student sample is unlikely to accurately represent the broader population. |
| Which problem occurred with the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescence Health Survey of adolescents? | Some survey respondents gave incorrect or frivolous answers. |
| A researcher interested in understanding how sexual desires are expressed on nude beaches spent several months at nude beaches while nude herself. This is an example of | Ethnographic fieldwork |
| Today, sexology | Is accepted as a valid academic discipline |
| Which item is not listed as a sexual right in the universal deceleration of sexual rights? | The right to choose the sex of one's own baby |
| Who started planned parenthood and first taught others about contraception? | Margaret Sanger |
| Social psychologists | Study how people think, influence, and relate to each other |
| Margaret Mead | American anthropologist that studied sex on the Samoan islands away from Western civilization. Adolescents participated in uninhabited sex and that it was beneficial to them. Critiqued religious conservatives and America on sex stigma and gender roles. |
| Cultural anthropologists | Study ethnic and cultural diversity in sexual attitudes, behavior, and relationships (e.g., the work of Margaret Mead). |
| Script theory | The idea that society gives people “scripts,” or ways to present themselves to others and deal with social interactions |
| Freud and Hirschfeld views on sexual orientation | Freud: Unconcious mind in childhood is attracted to 1 parent. Become homosexual by too close/jealous relationship w parent/sibling Hirschfeld: 2 neural centers 1 attracted to men, 1 to women. 1 side grows bigger and becomes dominant |
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