Chapter 5 (Human Sexuality)

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Masters and Johnson

- divided the sexual response cyle: excitement, plateau, orgasm, and resolution - only one orgasm

Kaplan

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Q: Most muscle tension, or myotonia, tends to fade away within ____ after an orgasm in both men and women.

A: 5 minutes

Q: Why have foods such as bananas, celery stalks, and clams been believed to be aphrodisiacs, even though there is not evidence to support that they are?

A: Because of their phallic/erogenous shapes

Q: The following are true about the use of central nervous system (CNS) depressants such as barbituates EXCEPT:

A: Depressants can interfere with reproduction because there can be a dramatic reduction in sperm count/spermatogensis in most males

Q: Ultimately, the secretion of sex hormones by the ovaries and testes is regulated by the:

A: Hypothalamus and pituitary gland

Q: Which of the following have been claimed to heighten arousal and sensations of orgasm, and in high doses can bring on irritability, insomnia, and loss of appetite?

A: Methamphetamines

Q: Regarding the scientific understanding of the organizing effects and the activating effects of sex hormones, which statement is most accurate:

A: More is understood about the activating effects than the organizing effect

Q: Identify the true statements about transsexuals relative to sexual differentiation:

A: The brains of transsexual individuals may have been prenatally sexually differentiated in one direction, while their genitals were being differentiated in the other.

Q: It is generally accepted that testosterone affects the frequency and intensity of sexual interest in both men and women. In other words, this hormone has an ____ effect.

A: activating

Q: Your memories of your first romantic kiss, your ability to recreate your favorite sexual fantasy, and your learned association between silk and sexual arousal are all contained in your:

A: cerebral cortex

Q: what is the gender difference that occurs during the resolution phase of sexual arousal?

A: only men experience it

Q: The stages of Kaplan's model of sexual response include all of the following EXCEPT:

A: resolution

Q: Both men and women experience ____ early in the sexual response cycle proposed by Masters and Johnson.

A: vasocongestion, myotonia

activating effects of the sex hormones:

induce adult sexual function and behavior around the time of puberty

organizing effect

regulates whether an embryo develops a male or a female phenotype (observable form).


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