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