Human Sexuality Final
Which of the following statements illustrates the emotional indifference component of disengagement?
"I feel nothing for her anymore"
The annual revenues for sexually explicit material in the United States is
$10-$20 billion
Most victims are women between ___ years of age, but anyone can be a victim including children the elderly cripples and men
12-34
Research reveals about ___% of college men have admitted to using some form of sexual aggression on a dating partner with between ___% admitting to actually committing ___
25%, 6-8% rape or attempted rape
Percentage of women aged 18-59 who have not been able to achieve orgasm for at least several consecutive months
27%
About how many date or acquaintance rapes are reported to the police?
5%
In his famous survey of 1948, Kinsey found that ___ % of men reported having sex with an animal.
8
In states that have had the greatest increase in Internet access to sexually explicit material, there has been
A decrease in rapes
For most women, the best predictor of sexual satisfaction is
A good emotional relationship with the partner
What is the key to finding mutual love according to Lee?
A person with a love style that is similar to yours
Which of these statements regarding transvestites is true?
A transvestite is a person who achieves sexual arousal primarily by dressing as a member of the opposite sex
Based on what you known about sexual assaults of the elderly, which one of the following nursing home residents is MOST likely to be victimized?
Abbi, who is suffering from dementia
For many couples, communication about sex is often hampered by
All of the above
Whether or not a behavior is considered abnormal depends on
All of the above
In studies of countries that ended restrictions on the availability of sexually explicit material, which of the following has generally been found?
An inverse relationship between the availability of pornography and sex crimes
A subtype of masochism in which individuals achieve sexual arousal by restricting breathing is called
Asphyxiophilia
Research on romantic partner preferences reveals that characteristics related to _____ tend to be highly desired by men and women.
Attractiveness, intelligence, and honesty/trustworthiness
Which of these therapies best recognizes that sexual problems frequently have multiple cause and that solutions must be multidisciplinary?
Biopsychosocial approach
A common reason couples give for divorcing is __________.
Boredom
Therapy that views problems as resulting from faulty learning and that focuses on specific sexual behaviors and how we feel about them. Does not focus on past events
CBT
Which one of the following conclusions can we draw from research on preferences for chastity?
Chastity has declined in importance over time
Which 1873 law made it a felony to mail any material considered to be obscene or lewd, including information about birth control?
Comstock Law
Which of these statements regarding erectile problems is false?
Erectile problems are inevitable with advancing age
Coprophilia
Excrement
One of the primary reasons people give for not initiating a relationship with someone they find attractive is
Fear of being rejected
According to C. S. Lewis what type of love is based off of common interests, cooperation, mutual respect, and understanding
Friendship (Philias)
__________ is one of the most common—and challenging—processes that many couples have to face over time.
Habituation
A term reserved for people who engage in sex compulsively, with little or no emotional satisfaction. Sometimes called sexual addiction
Hypersexuality
Companionate love
Intimacy and affection, commitment, and durability
Why do scientists and scholars focus so much attention on love?
It appears to be a universal human experience
What type of emotions to people who are "in love" display?
Joy
Taxonomies of love were developed by early love theorists based off of what sources
Literature and philosophical discourse
Define pragmatic love
Ludus + storge; a practical style of loving, carefully seeking a mate with their list of desired traits.
___ refers to achieving sexual arousal primarily by having pain inflicted on oneself.
Masochism
A fear of failure during sexual relations that can lead to erectile dysfunction in men and inhibited orgasm in women
Performance anxiety
____________ Hypoactive sexual desire is sometimes due to organic factors such as low-T levels
Secondary/acquired
Which of the following best describes the pragmatic love style?
Shopping-list love
Experience has shown that the best therapy for men with erectile dysfunction is probably
The biopsychosocial approach
The concept of "breadth of self-disclosure" refers to
The number of areas or topics that partners discuss
The 1970 Commission on Obscenity and Pornography found that people were most aroused by looking at sexual behaviors that
They considered to be normal
___ is defined as saying "no" to sexual activity when you really mean "yes."
Token resistance
Sexual Assault
Unwanted or non-consensual sexual contact Includes intercourse, penetration with a foreign object, and the fondling of breasts, buttocks or genitals
A recurrent or persistent sexual problem in women in which pain is experienced during attempted intercourse because of involuntary spasms in the muscles surrounding the outer third of the vagina
Vaginismus
The therapy usually recommended for ___ is gradual dilation of the vagina with a set of increasingly larger objects.
Vaginismus
The major reason for the increase in sexually explicit material in the 1960s was
a large demand for it
A good index that a marriage will be happy and successful is
a lot of shared pleasurable activities
In Miller vs. California, 1973, the supreme court ruled that material was obscene if a) _______, b) ______, and c) _____.
a) by contemporary community standards it depicts patiently offensive sexual conduct. b) it lacks serious literary artistic political or scientific value c) it appeals to prulent interest
Early surveys of college men have found that ___ admitted to using some form of sexual aggression on a date.
about 25%
Many therapists define premature ejaculation as
absence of reasonable voluntary control of ejaculation
Rape victims who are displaying a great deal of anguish, grief, anger, or controlled calmness are most likely going through the
acute phase recovery
Exhibitionism is a disorder of the ___ phase of the normal courtship sequence
affiliative
Studies of convicted rapists reveals that most have ___ IQs have no more history of psychiatric illness than other criminals, are not oversexed, and have normal social skills
average
Stephanie works out of her own apartment, and her clients must make an appointment to have sex with her
call girl
Today, the most successful therapy for female sexual interest/arousal disorders usually includes
couples therapy
Researchers who study neurotransmitters believe that _____ is involved in passionate love, whereas _____ is involved in companionate love.
dopamine, oxytocin
What is _____ to one person, is pornography to another, and who is to decide where to draw the line
erotica
Urophilia, coprophilia, mysophilia, and klismaphilia might be considered types of
fetishes
A person generally becomes a prostitute
for financial reasons
Henry likes to rub his penis up against other people on crowded buses. Henry is a(n)
frotteurist
Male prostitutes who have female customers are called
gigolos
Studies have found that ___ of all couples have had, or will eventually have, sexual problems at some time in their relationships.
half or more
An equitable relationship is one in which the partners
have a relatively equal ratio of positive to negative outcomes
According to Sternberg, romantic love relationships are characterized by _____ levels of intimacy, _____ levels of passion, and _____ levels of decision/commitment.
high, high, low
The results of these surveys typically yield much ___ numbers in terms of rape prevalence
higher
An exhibitionist's sexual arousal usually
increases if his victim shows shock and disgust
The Oregon Supreme Court ruled that the feature that distinguishes a prostitute from other women engaging in illicit intercourse is the ____ with which she offers herself to men for hire.
indiscrimination
In the period of ___, the victim attempts to regain control of her or his life
longterm reorganization
Most customers of prostitutes are
middle-class average men
The president's commission of 1970 and subsequent researchers have generally concluded that exposure to nonviolent sexually explicit material has _____ effects of individuals
no harm
Sensate focus exercises are
non demand mutual pleasuring techniques
Today, rape is defined in the US as
nonconsensual oral, anal or vaginal penetration
Compared with other criminals, most convicted rapists
none of the above
Pornography is distinguished from erotica in that is is literature or art with a sexual theme that is considered to be ____
obscene
The most common type of pedophile is the __ pedophile.
personally immature
Victims of rape often go through months or even years of emotional and psychological problems. This is called
post-rape PTSD
Melanie takes a very practical approach to love. She has a list of characteristics that she expects her future spouse to have, and she is very concerned that he reflect well on her family. She will not even consider going out with a man unless he meets these criteria. According to Lee's theory, Melanie has a(n) __________ approach to love.
pragmatic
The definition used in this book for hypersexuality (Goodman, 1992) is similar to the definition in DSM-5 for
psychoactive drug abuse
female prostities can be divided into three types according to status: ______ who solicit in public; brothel prostitutes and ______; and ____, who generally work out of their own apartments
streetwalkers; B-girls; call girls
In the United States, laws against prostitution were first passed in
the early 1900s
People sometimes fail to accurately portray their true intentions or wishes. Examples of this include ___, which is when someone says no but really means yes, and ___ when someone agrees to have sex, but he or she really does not want to.
token resistance, compliance
In general, love theorists agree that adult romantic love is composed at a minimum of _____ varieties.
two
Teens who seek internet porn tend to
view women as sex objects have stereotyped views of gender roles have lower sexual and/or body image satisfaction
A group of paraphilias often seen together are called courtship disorders. These include
voyeurism, exhibitionism, frotteurism, and telephone scatophilia
Children and teenagers who watch TV shows with a lot of sexual content:
watch TV shows with a lot of sexual content: Are more likely to begin having sexual intercourse earlier than other children
A paraphiliac is best defined as a person
whose sexual arousal depends on repeatedly engaging in or fantasizing about unconventional sexual behavior