Psych Ch. 11
A sexually healthy person is someone who _____ and _____
Feels comfortable with his or her sexuality, freels free to choose whether or not he or she wishes to try a variety of seuxal behaviors
More recent research shows that monthly rates of masturbation tend to ____ for both men and women as they move through their teens, 20s and 30s, then start to decline and reach their lowerst point when people reach their 70s and beyond
Increase
"Normal is defined from a statistical point of view, and is best thought of as a ____ of behvaviors or values
Range
Most people have fantasized about someone else while having sex with thier current partner- this is called _____ fantasy
Replacement
______ indiviuals consider sex to be a positve and good thing
Sexually healthy
Surverys show that _____ have sex less often than couples
Single people
A person can be sexually healthy and choose to have oral genital sex; or even sexual intercourse
T
Assuming that neither person has a sexually transmitted infection, oral genital sex is no less hygenic than kissing
T
Generally speaking men think, day dream, and fantasize about sex more often than women
T
Man on top (missionary) is the preffered position of intercourse in all cultures
F
Masturbation leads to serious and negative health consequences
F
Most married oeople who masturbate do so beucase they are unhappy in their sexual relationship
F
Most people stop masturbation as soon as the estabkush a sexual realtionship with someone
F
Only homosexual men can have anal intercourse
F
Single people have sex much more frequently than married or cohabitating couples
F
Very few women have sexual fanatasies
F
Womens sexual fantasies are just as visual and sexually explicit as mens
F
How often a couple has sexual intercourse is likely to vary over time
T
It is still possible in the US to prosecute people for fornicatin
T
More people have tried oral genital intercourse than have tried anal intercourse
T
Surveys have found that many people today have tried more than one position of intercourse
T
The content of sexual fantasies usually does not indicate sexual unhappiness or personality or psychological problems
T
Until 2003, in many states a married couple caught having oral sex in the privacy of their own home could be sent to prison
T
When it comes to oral genital sex, both men and women want to receive more of it from their partners than they are getting
T
Most women masturbate by stimulating ____, ____, and/or _____, and about half have used a ____ on at least one occasion.
The clitoris, labia minor, entire vulva, vibrator
Laumann and his colleagues found that the two sexual behaviors most preferred by americans are _______ and ______
Vaginal intercourse and watching ones partner undress
A primary reason that many people continue to masturbate after forming a sexual relationship is ____
Variety
_____ is the postion of intercourse usually preffered in cultures where a womans sexual satisfation is considered to be as important as the mans
Woman on Top
However, sizeable numbers of men and women also prefer the _____ positions
Woman on top (man from behind)
Fantasizing about another person while hvaing sex with your partner is usually an indication of a serious relationship problem
f
The preferred manner of sexual intercourse in all known cultures is _____
face to face
Oral genital sex, properly referred to as ___ and ____ is common among many groups in the population
fellato and cunnilingus
Masturbation and oral genital sex are more commonly experienced by people with ____ levels of education
higher
_____ and ___ men are more likely than heterosexual men and owmen to enagege in anal sex
homo and gay
There is no "correct" way of having ______ except what is right for you and your partner.
intercourse
Until recently several states had laws that prohibited ____ and/or ____ sex between consenting adults
oral anal
Laumann and his colleagues also found that masturbation is mostly a reflection of a ______
seuxually active lifestyle
Historically, masturbation has been presented as ____ for ones physical and mental health
Bad
Research revelas that most young married coupes have sex approx. _____ times per week
1-3
When we consider how long intercourse lasts, resaerchers hvae found that the entire shared event typically lasts ___ minutes for most couples
15-60
In ____ the supreme court said people have a right to decide what they do in privacy
2003
Couple should not engage in anal and vaginal intercourse wihtout washing in between becuase of ______
Anorectal bacteria
_____ fantasies are more common among men than women, whereas ___ fantasies are more common among women than men
Dominace, submission
Oral genital sex is most common among ____ educated people
Higher
Heterosexual men are less likely than _____ or_____ men to report having used a vibrator on themselves while masturbating
Homosexual or bisexual
In his landmark of surveys of 1948 and 1953, ____ found that ___ of men and __ of women surveryed had masturbated.
Kinsey, 92%, 62%
Studies show that rates have incereased among both _____
Latinos and african americans
Couples who always have sex in the same place and in the same manner risk letting their sex lives become _____
Ritualized
Compared with those of men, the sexual fantasies of women tend to contain more ____, ___ and ____.
Romance, Commitment, and affection
Studies show that the more ____ a person has the more likely he or she is to masturbate
Sex
For both men and women, _____ fantasies are the most common
Sexual Intimacy
____ are less likely than other groups to engage in oral genital and anal aex
african americans
As with frequency, sexual intercourse duration genereally ____ with age
decline
The most common postiion for sexual intercourse in the united states is ____, also called ____ postiion
man on tap, missionary
One of the most common types of fantasy during sexual intercourse is _______
the replacement fantasy