Chapter 1: What is Human Sexuality?

John was born a girl, but feels trapped in the wrong body and has the self-image of a boy. What is his gender identity?

male

Dr. Berkingshire is working to ensure that that his new instrument to assess sexual preference is measuring what he wants it to measure. He is concerned with his instrument's __________.

validity

Which of the following statements illustrates critical thinking?

Joanne is uncertain that the information given to her by her doctor is correct, so she seeks a second opinion.

Value systems provide the __________ for judging the morality of sexual options.

framework

Which view of women did Christianity in the Middle Ages offer?

woman as Eve (the temptress) and as Mary (virtuous and pure)

What can an ethics review board typically do if it finds fault with a researcher's plan?

The ethics review board can withhold approval until the proposal is modified.

Erik is participating in a research project and will receive a placebo instead of the experimental treatment. Which study group is he in?

control group

Researchers have found that men who use Viagra also report a greater number of sex partners. This relationship is considered to be a(n) __________ correlation.

positive

Scientists utilizing the scientific method __________.

recognize that they cannot gain perfect knowledge

A __________ is a random sample in which known subgroups in a population are represented in proportion to their numbers in the population.

stratified random sample