Chapter 5 (Human Sexuality)
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).
