Human Sexuality Chapters 1, 2, & 3

Sex education classes in most secondary schools in the US do not cover the topic of

The authors of your text define human sexuality as

for many researchers today, the term refers to antatomic or biological categories, wheras refers to the social or cultural categories

The behavioral, cultural, or psychological traits that are typically associated with one sex are called

growing up in East L.A., Jose learned when to hide or show his feelings, how his actions must honor his family, how to court women, and how to "be tough" by holding his alcohol. Jose has learned

A society with plurastic sexual attitudes and values has an

a society that embraces a wide range of sexual attitudes and values is called

Statements about what is right or wrong, or desirable versus undesirable, are expressions of a persons

which of the following best describes current values in the US

which of the following could serves as a basis for a leagalistic approach to ethical behavior

in situational ethics, ethical decision making is guided by

telling an outright lie, according to situational ethics, might be the moral thing to do if

in ethical relativism, it is assumed that

considering the value systems used to make sexual decisions, a person using situational ethics differs from one using ethical relativism in what main way

a person who axcribes to cultural realtivism would argue that different cultrues

hedonism is a value system in which a person in guided by

which of the following value systems is based on self-denial of material and sexual desires

utilitarianism is based on the ethical thought

which of the following best reflects the beliefs of a utilitarian

which of the following groups in least likely to use religion and religious principles to determine thical behavior

which of the following best reflects the beliefs of someone using a legalist value system

all of the following are elements of critical thinking except

using the principle of skepticism involves

the biggest problem with sex surveys in popular magazines such as cosmo is the research issue of

the worship of womens ability to bear children was commonly found in which of the following

phallic worship is signified the penis as a symbol of

phallic worship may have come into being as

it is believed that the first human taboo involved

in western cultures incestuous sexual behavior was generally only permitted among the

the ancient hebrews and Greeks were alike in that they both

in early greek culture, gods and goddesses were seen as

derived from ancient greek, the word pederasty means

in ancient greece, male-male secual behavior was tolerated as long as it did not

ancient Greeks believed that all people were

the ancient greeks viewed women as

which of the following was a teaching of the early chrisitinas that demonstrates their association of sex with sin

during the early christian era, divorce

which of the following ideas most influenced early chrisitan views of sexuality

according to st augustine, men and women could attain a state of grace only through

which of the following is true regarding islamic culture

islamic tradition holds that muhammad decreed that marriage represented the road to

the majority of islamic sects believe all the following except

which cultural group believes that sexual pleasure is a spititual experience and religious duty

the Kama Sutra is a sexual manual from which religion or culture

The Kama Sutra is a detailed sex manual that reflected the sexual practices of

compared to early eastern religions, early chrisitianity

early taoist beliefs emphasize the harmony achieved through

during the middle ages, what development in eupopean christendom helped to elevate the status of women

the protestant refomer, martin luther, believed that

the era named for queen victoria, the victorian era, became synonymous with

during the victorian era, women were commonly portrayed and believed to be

in the 19th centruy a diet including, was proposed as a way for men to contorl their sexual appetities

The reverend sylvester Graham believed that ejaculation would deplete a man of his vital energies, so men should only have intercourse about

in a published encyclopedia of sexuality, physician havelock Ellis concluded that

in theroy that the sex drive is our principal motivating force was developed by

the research that represents the first attempts to provide broad picture of secual behavior in the US was conducted by

Alfred Kinseys books on the secual behavior of males and females

Alfred Kinsey is recognized for

The so called sexual revolution in americal sexual attidutdes and practices ususally refers to the

one event that may be linked to the increased in recreational or casual sexual behavior in the 60's was

the secual revolution was part of a social movement characterized by

which research observed people engaging in secual activity in the lab

the beginning of modern gay activism in the us is usually traced to what event

random genetic changes that are important in evolution are called

which statement best describes the concept of natural selection

human cells normally contain

genes are segments of chromosomes which are composed of

as variations are introduced through genetic changes, mutations

considering the concept of "erotic plasticity" research shows that

the female of one species of animal eats the male after they mate, in the study of evolution, this behavior

some evolutionary psychologists contend that

the cross species perspective on human sexuality focuses on

which of the following correctly summarizes one major finding from the cross species perspective on human sexuality

margaret meads research in Samoa laid the groundwork for research

according to Ford and Beach's survey of 200 preliterate societies, kissing was

based on socialogical research, which of the following is true regarding childhood masturbation

based ont he freatured story and honor killing in germany from the text, which of the following statements is Most accruate

according to sigmund freuds theory of psychosexual development, children undergo

according to freuds theory, and individuals sexual impulses begin

frued believed children developed erotic feelings toward the parent fo the opposite gender during the

all of the following are stages of frueds psychosexual developemnt except

the theory which proposes that human behavior represents the outcome of the struggle between inner forces is

which theorist originated the term "erogenous zones"

john watson and bf skinner emphasized the impact of rewards on the learning process, a process they called

all of the following are major theories from the psychological perspective on human sexuality except which one

in general, femeist theroy

in studying human sexuality, which of the following statments is true

the empirical approach to studying human sexuality is based on

critical thinking and the scientific approach are similar in that they

all of the following are elements of the scientific method except

the hypothesis is a

Marcelo wonders if people masturbate because they do not have partners available to have sex with. he perdicts that people having frequesnt sex will masturbate less, and that people who have less sex will masturbate more due to their "deprivation." He creates a survey to ask people how frequesntly they currently have sex and how frequently they masturbate. he find the opposite of the his prediction. Marcel's experience is and example of

Which of the following is not a goal of science

in describing his dogs sexual behaviors, frank says his dog is the "stud" fo the lacal neighborhood, describing how his dog regularly visits nearby feamle dogs. Franks explanation shows

all of the following are examples of deomographic variables except

in scientific research, a population is

why do researchers choose NOt ot measure and entire population

if you were interested in the sexual behavior of all students enrolled in university human sexuality courses, then students enrolled in univeristy human sexuality courses is the

individuals participating in a research study make up a

a random sample is one in which

when subgroups of a population are represented in a sample in proportion to their numbes in the population, the sample is known as

if randomly selected people refuse to participate in studies

dr wong is conducting a long-term study of a single individual who has an unusual sexual problem. Dr Wong is using which of th following methods

Case studies often have benn a method for

an advantage to using interviews instead of questionnaires is that

the survey type that allows the interviewer with the most amount of flexibility when asking planned and followed-up question is the

in the 1940s pioneered the use of large scale studies of sexual behavior and attitudes

How did kinsey and his colleagues obtain their sample

in his studies, kinsey used

because kinseys research participants were grouped from various organizations and communitites, his sample was

even through kinsey's population was unrepresenativtive of some groups, which of the following statements is generalizable

in what ways id kinsey encourage honesty in his subject

If you tried to conduct a survey of sexual behavior, which of the following would encourage you that your participants were answering reliably

kinsey checked the reliablity of his data by

in relaiablity studies done 18 months after his original surveys, kinsey found

all of the following are ways that the national health and social life survey encouraged completion of the questionnaire except

Which of the following surveys probably offerd the most accurate picture of the sexuals practices of the general pop in the US

according to the national surveys on family growth, which of the following is true of 15-19 year olds in the us who report engaging in sexual intercourse over the last two decades

according to the national surveys on family growth, which of the following is true of the gender gap between males and females 15-19 year olds who report engaging in sexual intercourse over the last two decades

which of the following statements is ture regarding surveys conducted by magazines such as psychology today, Redbook and Elle

a facebook survey of sexual behavior is likely to be flawed due to

in survey research, the problem of participants providing responses that they think are acceptable instead of honest responses is called

the process of gathering information from volunteer respondents about their knowledge, attitudes, or behaviors is called

what is the tem used when a researcher encounters a participant who feels pressured to answer a survey or interview question in a certain way

in a sexual survey, a participant brags to the interviewer that he has had twelve different partners in the last year when in actuality, he has had only two. This participant presents a research limitation called

when a survey respondent does not answer honestly, how are they probably forming responses

in sex research surveys, an unavoidable bias in the people who participate may be

in the naturalistic observation method,

scientist are likely to dow shich of the following in naturalistic observation

a nauralistic ovservation is also known as a

scientist take precaustions to keep nauralistic obeservations

in the ethnographic observation method

which of the following scientists would typically specialize and engage in ethnographic research

anthropologist margaret mead reported on the customs of various poeple of new guinea the type of reseach she conducted was

antrhopologist margaret mead reported on the customs of various people of New Guinea by examining

anthropologist margaret mead reported on the customs of various poeple of New Guinea and argued that gender roles

when researchers in the past engaged in sexual intercourse at "swinging parties" the researchers claimed to be using what research method

researchers stdying mate swapping the 1970s represented themselves as swingers seeking sexual relations. these researchers used a method called

the first researchers to report direct lab observations of couples engaged in sexual activity were

masters and johnsons early work scientifically described

which of the following characterized intital public reactions to masters and hohnson's research

masters and johnson found that the human sexual response of males and females was comprised of hom many phases

in sex research, lab observation in limited because

in the lab observation method

masters and johson believed that to understand the human sexual response, researchers should

which of the following is true regarding masters and hohsnons recruitment of participants for their studies

the insturments in masters andjohnsons study did not allow them to measure

a penile strain gauge

psysiological measurement of sexual arousal in women in measured using a vaginal photoplethysmography

in general, viagra nad similar erectile dysfuction drughs have been shown

the strenght and direction of the relationship betweent wo variables is expressed with a statistic called the

the correlational method can be used for all the following except

if karen is interested int he relationship between using viagra and participating in risky sexual behaviors which research method would she probably use

correlational research

if a study shows that there is a positive correlation between frequency of msturbation and fequency of intercourse with partners, then this means that

a researcher finds that variable A correlates with Variable B. Which of the following is a correct interpretation of this result

a correlation can be used for with the following goals of science

dr pill wants to better predict which young women will likely be at risk of suffering from painful sexual intercourse. which of the follwoing methods would air dr pills prediction

the best method fo studying cause and effect relationships is the

in an experiment, the variable that is manipulated or controlled byt he researcher is the

ricardo, a participant in an experiment, was assigned to a group that receives no treatment, he is

boris participated in and experiment and was assigned to the group that received the experimental treatment. he was in the

the variable an experimenter is intereseted in is systematically changed between or amoung groups while all aother variable are herd constant. the variable of interest is called the

a researcher wants to sudy the effect of excercise on sexual responsiveness she assigns individuals to two groups. one group participates in structured excercise four times a week. the other group odes not participate in excercies. each week individuals compete a questionnaire regarding sexual responsiveness. what is the dependent variable

an independent variable is a dependent variable is

THE VARIABLE MANIPULATED BY THE RESEARCHER IN AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY IS THE

an experimenter claims that going to church increases marital happiness. in order to make this claim the experimenter maust have used what type of study

in a study of the effects of sex education on teenage pregnancy

in an experiment, researchers can be reasonably confident that the treatment brought about the observed results if they use

allowing only memebers of your target population who volunteer to participate in the study will likely result in

which of the following topics could be tested ethically using the experimental method

before participating in a sexual research project, a participant reads a document that describes the nature of the study and potential risk and benefits, this is called

a researcher cannot expose human fetuses to sex hormones to learn whether they cause a participant's sexual orientations because

which best describes what is normally included in infromed consent

Jessica participated in an experiment when it was over, she was provided with an explanation of the experiment's purpose and potential contributions to science this is an example of

when a researcher intentionally doen not inform participants about the true purpose and methods of a research study,t he reasearcher is using

a friend of yours tells you that he is interested in volunteering for a study on human sexuality. he is nervous that he might have to do things that he does not want to do. given the information in the text, which of the following is the most accurate response to your friends concern

which of the following is the most important ethical safeguard in human sexuality research

another term for the vulva is

which of the following is the technically correct way to refer to a woman's frontal genitalia

the female structure that consist of fatty tissues that covers the pubic bones in the front of the body is

the outermost folds of skin that protect the inner female genitalia are the

the labia majora

wich of the following join at the hood of the clitoris

during sexaul stimulation, the labia minora may

the sex organ whose only known function is to provide plesure

a clear difference between the clitoris and the penis is that the clitoris has

the sheath of skin or hood that covers the clitoral shaft is known as the

the clitoral shaft consist of erectile tissue that contains two spongy masses called

the tissue that partially or fully covers the glans of the clitoris is the

the clitoris responds to sexual stimulation by

a rite of initiation into womanhood in many islamic cultures consist of

women pass urine from

urine passes from the females body through the

cystitis is

a good friend of yours tells you she is experiencing pain during urination, frequent urnination, and a mild fever. she is likely to have

proponenets of the practice claim that removal of the clitoris is an attempt to

all of the following statements regarding the clitoridectomies are true, except

which of the following is not a medical complication due to the clitoridectomy

the female circumcision that involves complete removal of the clitoris along with the labia minora and inner layes of labia majora is called

in order to prevent cystitis, it is recommended that women

the vaginal opening is called the

the ring of tissue that partially or fully covers the vaginal opening is the

the hymen or maidenhead is

a common myth about the female hymen is that

under what condition might it be necessary for a woman to have her hymen surgically incised

when a hymen is almost completely, or completely, closed it is called

wihich of the following statements is true base on cross species comparisons of female sexual structures

the skin and tissue between the baginal opening and the anus is called the

the vagina is

douching and vaginal sprays

the lower end of the uterus that connects it to the vagina is the

all of the following are true of the cervix, except

the primary cause of cervical cancer

cervical cancer is more common among women who

regarding her cervix, a woman

which of the following is true of HPV

death from cervical cancer is relatively uncommon in the us due to

in a pap test what type of cells are examined for abnormalities

all of the following are true of the uterus, except

a womans womb is technically called

which of the following is not a layer of the uterus

the uppermost part of the uterus

fertilization of the ova usually occurs in the

fallopian tubes

what percent are ectopic

an ectopic pregnancy is defined as a pregnancy where a fertilized ovum attaches and establishes a placental relationship

most often, and ectopic pregnancy occurs in the

all of the following are true of the ovaries, except

which of the statements is true regarding the ova

of a womans two million immature ova present at birth, about how many will be released for possible fertiliazation during her reporductive years

women most at risk for ovarian cancer are those who

a complete hysterectomy involoves the removal of

a partial hysterectomy

what is true regarding hysterectomy

if a female has not become sexually acitve, when it it recommended that she first have a pelvic exame

the bimanual vagianl exam is a technique use do

the breast are

the size of a womans breast is related to

the dark ring surrounding the nipple is

most case of breast cancer are being detected because of

in order to help mazimize the detection of breast cancer, the american cancer society continues to recommend,

is not true regarding the risk or development of breast cancer

menstruation is the cyclical bleeding that stems from the shedding of

the latin term mensis means

the corpus luteum

as a result of the menstrual cycle, a womans body creates

a follicle that releases an ovum and then functions as an endocrine gland is called

the term corpus luteum refers to

a young womans first menstrual period is called

what is a female goand

not ture regarding female or male gonads

the brain structures most directly involved in the menstrual cycle are the

the pituitary gland releases what

the two pituitary hormones that produce gonadotropins which stimulate the ovaries are the

which pitutitary homone stimulates milk production

which pituaitary homrome stimulates contractions

what is the pituatiry called

the first phase of the menstrual cycle is

the proliferative phase of the menstrual cycle is also known as the

the menstrual phase that is associated with the initital thinkening of the uterus and a thin cervical mucus is the

during the proliferative phase of the menstural cycle

fsh and lh are released by which gladn

2nd phase of the menstrual cycle

what hormonal event triggers ovulation

the menstural phase that is associated with graafian follicle rupturing is

a brief lowering and then increasing of a woman's basal body temp occurs during which phase of the cycle

during the ovulatory phase

during the secretory phase of the cycle

the last phase is the

list the phases in order

what does the woman shed during menstruation

the menstrual flow does not contain

most women lose about

toxic shock is cause by

in many cultures, women who are menstruating are viewed as

the term that refers to the beginning of menopause

the perimenopausal sensations like hot flashes and night sweats are cause by

long term estorgen deficiency had been linked to

which of the following may be a risk of using HRT

the most common type of menstrual problem is

the swelling of breast is a premenstural discomfort calls

which of the following medical term for the absence of mensturation in a woman who has not mesturated at all by 16 or 17

what is the term for a woman with out periods who had regualr periods in the past