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Human Sexuality Final

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Which of the following is true about rape?
It involves nonconsensual oral, anal, or vaginal penetration.
_____ is defined as the long-term psychological distress suffered by someone who has experienced a terrifying, uncontrollable event.
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
_____ is one of the most common forms of rape, especially between students on college campuses.
date rape
At a party, Bill points out a scantily-clad woman to Ted. He says, "If a woman dresses like that, can she really blame a man for trying to rape her? In that skirt, she's just asking for it." Which of the following theoretical views of the nature of rape does Bill adopt?
rapes are victim-precipitated
_____ theorists view rapists as the product of gender-role socialization and theorize about the complex links between sex and power.
Feminist
According to research, child sexual abuse
is often perpetrated by men
An adult having sexual activity with a prepubescent child constitutes _____.
pedophilia
Researchers have identified four different types of sexual harassment. In the case of _____ harassment, the man is truly motivated by a desire for sexual intimacy, but he won't take no for an answer and persists with unwelcome sexual advances.
earnest
Sexual harassment is classified as _____ harassment when a man's motivation is domination of a woman, often because he perceives her as being competitive with him in the workplace.
hostile
_____ harassment mixes real sexual attraction and a stereotype of women as sexy with the man's hostile desire to dominate the woman because he believes she is competitive with him.
competitive-ambivalent
John regularly obtains women's dirty panties from laundromats. He masturbates with them and then saves the panties. This is an example of
fetish
Which of the following is true about transvestic disorder?
It involves heterosexual men dressing as the opposite sex in order to experience sexual excitement.
Hugh derives sexual satisfaction from inflicting pain on his partners and abusing them verbally and physically while having sex. From this information, it can be inferred that Hugh is a
sexual sadist
George, a happily married man with three children, is the CEO of a successful corporation. George likes to stop by at a "friend's" place every weekend, where he is tied to a wall, spanked, whipped, threatened, and taunted until he pleads for intercourse and sexual relief. Which of the following best explains George's weekly behavior?
sexual masochist
In voyeurism sexual pleasure comes from
viewing an unsuspecting person nude, undress, or have sex
Martin lingers in college campuses and high schools and derives sexual satisfaction from exposing himself to young girls and watching their shocked reactions. Martin is a(n)
exhibitionist
Detective Gunther was called in to investigate a suicide where the victim had hanged himself. The victim was nude, had mirrors and other pornographic material arranged around him, and there was evidence of him indulging in sexual activity at the time of death. Based on the evidence, Gunther, correctly attributed the death to a sexual practice related to
hypoxiphilia
Which of the following sexual paraphilias primarily involves sexual fantasies, urges, or behaviors involving touching or rubbing one's genitals against the body of a non-consenting person?
frotteurism
A desire to damage or soil a woman or her clothes or the image of a woman, such as a painting or statue is called _____.
saliromania
_____ refers to sexual contact with a dead person.
necriophilia
_____ refers to automatic, unintentional sexual behaviors during sleep.
sexsomnia
_____ refers to a lack of response to sexual stimulation, including a lack of lubrication.
female sexual arousal disorder
Lately, John has difficulty in "achieving" an erection. He had no such difficulty a year ago. John most likely has a sexual problem known as
acquired erectile disorder
_____ refers to genital pain experienced during intercourse.
dysparuenia
. _____ is a sexual disorder in which there is a spastic contraction of the muscles surrounding the vagina, which may even make intercourse impossible.
vaginismus
The drug Viagra works
by relaxing the smooth muscles in the corpora cavernosa.
_____ is the sexual disorder in men that is most likely caused by psychological rather than physical factors.
male orgasmic disorder
Which of the following causes an enhancement of one's libido in low quantities but acts as a performance depressant when had in high quantities?
alcohol
Which of the following is a specific technique developed for the correction of premature ejaculation?
the stop-start technique
kegel exercises are designed to
strengthen the pubococcygeal muscle
_____ is a strong, irrational fear of homosexuals
homophobia
The condition involving constant and painful erections associated with LSD use is known as ________.
priapsim
A person with physical limitations is most likely to be concerned with ________.
the fear of sexual rejection
Which of the following is one of the sexual rights of people with disabilities?
the right to make one's own sexual decisions
Which of the following is a reported sexual side effect of eating disorders?
decreased libido
Which of the following is true regarding persons with developmental disabilities?
The are at 3 times greater risk of being sexually abused.
which of the following terms refers to the external genitals of females?
vulva
The ______ is a thin membrane which, if present, partially covers the vaginal opening.
hymen
the major function of the ________ is to hold and nourish a developing fetus.
uterus
The layer of the uterus that is sloughed off during menstruation and creates the menstrual discharge is the _________.
endometrium
fertilization of the egg typically occurs in the section of the fallopian tube known as the _______.
infidibulum
Which of the following is a major function of the ovaries?
they manufacture the sex hormones - estrogen and progesterone
The breast consists of about 15 or 20 clutters of _______, each with a separate opening to the nipple.
mammary glands
The two long cylinders of tissue lying on top of the penis are called the
corpus cavernosa
The ___________ is an external genital structure in the male that contains the testes.
scrotum
spermatogenesis takes place in the
seminiferous tubules
Which the following is true about the prostate
It secretes a milky alkaline fluid that is part of the ejaculate
Approximately 99 percent of cases of cervical cancer are caused by
Human Papilloma Virus (HPV)
The production of follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinizing hormone (LH) takes place in the
pituitary gland
Estrogen and progesterone are manufactured by the
ovaries
Which of the following is not a consequence of media being the main educator of sex?
instilling high self-esteem in teenagers
Which of the following is not a way we discussed defining normal sexual behavior?
objectively: there is only one right way to experience normal sexual behavior
Which of the following may be a consequence of "undescended testes" in a male?
increased likelihood of testicular cancer
_________ is the time during which there is sudden enlargement and maturation of the gonads, other genitalia and secondary sex characteristics, leading to reproductive capacity
puberty
The first sign of puberty in girls is
beginning of breast development
Cycle day 1 would mark the first day of which phase of the menstrual cycle?
menstruation
The phase of the menstrual cycle that is characterized by the ruptured follicle closing after releasing the egg and forming a structure called a corpus luteum, which produces quantities of progesterone is called
luteal phase
If a woman has a regular 28-day menstrual cycle, the day of ovulation is most likely to be day
14
Violet is 18 years old but has not started menstruating yet. The menstrual problem that she is experiencing is known as
primary amenorrhea
According to Masters and Johnson, which of the following is the first stage of the sexual response cycle?
excitation
In men, the most obvious occurrence in the resolution phase is
the lost of penile erection
In the missionary position during sexual intercourse
the man positions himself on top of the woman
_________ is a sexual act in which the woman's genitals are stimulated by her partners' mouth
cunnilingus
Which of the following is true of sexual curiosity between children around the age of 4 or 5?
Sexual curiosity during this age generally involve looking at or touching each other's genitals
Heterosexual behavior is generally beginning with kissing, then petting, moving on to oral sex, and then to penis-in-vagina intercourse. These behaviors tend to follow
sexual scripts
__________ is the cessation of menstruation
menopause
Which of the following is true of men as they age
Their refractory period lengthens
A _______ is a set of norms or culturally defined expectations, that define how people of one gender ought to behave
gender role
________ refers to psychological distress about a mismatch between a person's gender identity and natal gender
gender dysphoria
____________ refesr to a person's erotic and emotional attraction toward members of his or her own gender or members of the other gender
sexual orientation
___________ is an individual's psychological sense of their gender
gender identity
Identify a true statement about media presentations of sexuality
mainstream media do not present "real" depictions of sexuality
Normal sexual behavior is that which
reflects the average or median behavior of a group
A set of simplistic, rigidly held, overgeneralized beliefs about a particular type of individual or group of people is known as a
stereotype
_______________ refers to unmarried persons living together, with sexual relations assumed
cohabitation
Freud believed that the two major forces of motivating human behavior are
libido and death
According to Freud's psychoanalytic theory, the first stage of psychosexual development a child goes through the __________ stage
oral
Which of the following is true of gender schema
Gender schema predisposes us to process information based on gender
Sexual scripts
teach us an etiquette of sexual behavior and tell us the meaning we should attach to a particular sexual event
Which of the following sex research methods makes use of questionnaires or interviews to gather information
survey research
Ethical considerations for research in sexuality include
informed consent from the participants
Nine-year-old Melissa insists on locking her bedroom door when changing her clothes. Moreover, she does not change her clothes in front of her parents or siblings. It is probably best for her parents to respond to this by
affirming that everyone is entitled to privacy and recognizing that their daughter is pretty typical
___________ stimualtes production of milk by the mammary glands after a woman has given birth to a child
prolactin
Identify the hormone that stimulates contractions of the uterus during childbirth
oxytocin
Considering the lifespan of the average sperm and the period during which the egg is capable of being fertilized, the optimal time for sexual intercourse in order for a woman to conceive would be right at ovulation or
cycle days 10=17
The _______ is the mass of tissue lying beside the fetus that allows nutrients and oxygen to pass from the mother's blood to the fetus's blood
placenta
Nagele's rule is used to determine
estimated date of delivery
_______ is an umbrella term referring to the range of outcomes of any amount of alcohol exposure in utero
fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
A thinning out of the woman's cervix during labor is known as
effacement
The first stage of labor begins when
regular contractions of the muscles of the uterus begin
The stage of labor where the baby's head begins to move into the birth canal is
the second stage of labor
What happens during the third stage of labor?
the placenta and fetal membranes are expelled
How is a cesarean section performed?
by making an incision through the abdomen and then through the wall of the uterus
Which of the following is true of postpartum blues?
It is characterized by mood swings that last roughly two weeks
Most commonly, ectopic pregnancies occur when the fertilized egg is implanted in
the fallopian tube
__________ refers to elevated blood pressure accompanied by proteinuria (protein in the urine) in pregnant women
pre-eclampsia
the birth control pill works mainly by
raising estrogen levels so that the woman does not ovulate.
Which of the following does research indicate as a benefit of birth control pills?
improve menstrual periods by reducing heaviness and pain
Which of the following is an advantage of being on the pill?
can improve acne symptoms
Which of the following is true of the umbilical cord
it is attached to the placenta and provides the fetus with nutrients
The male condom works by
preventing the semen from entering the vagina
Which of the following methods of contraception, when used alone, has been found to be the least effective?
spermicide
________ are the only methods of birth control officially approved by the Roman Catholic church
natural family plannign
a vasectomy
is the male sterilization procedure in which a small portion of the vas deferens is either cut or tied
The most common method used for abortion in the first trimester is
vacuum aspiration
__________ is a method used especially later, second trimester abortions
dilation and evacuation
A friend of yours wants to know about the patch as a method of contraception. Based on what you have learned from the text, you would tell her the pathc
administers hormones through the skin on a weekly basis
Which of the following is true of contraceptive implants (Nexplanon)?
they are effective for 3 years after implantation
A ________________ is a cap-shaped rubber contraceptive device that fits inside a woman's vagina over the cervix.
diaphragm
Small, cauliflower-like growths on the genitals are a characteristic feature of
genital warts
The sexually transmitted infection (STI) that is most highly associated with cervical cancer is
HPV
Luke complains of small, painful bumps or blisters on his genitals. These are typical symptoms of
herpes (HSV)
Which of the following effects does human immunodeficiency virus infection (HIV) have on the human body?
it destroys the body's natural system of immunity to diseases (infects T cell lymphocytes)
_________ is a sexually transmitted infection that usually causes symptoms of a purulent discharge and painful, burning urination in the male, but is frequently asymptomatic in the female
Gonorrhea
The major early symptom of ___ is the chancre
syphillis
_______ refers to a liver disease that can be transmitted sexually or by needle sharing
hepatitis B
Which of the following sexually transmitted infections (STIs) involves a vaginal discharge that irritates the vulva and has an unpleasant smell?
trichomoniasis
___________ is a form of vaginitis causing a thick, white discharge on the vaginal lips and walls
yeast infection
The sexual behavior most likely to transmit human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is
anal intercourse
Ronald has been experiencing an itching sensation in his pubic hair region for a few days. He inspects the region and notices tiny eggs cemented to his pubic hair. He seems to have
pubic lice
Which virus is responsible for AIDS
HIV
What clinical lab value indicates a diagnosis of AIDS?
CD4 T cell count below 200
Which of the following is not a mode of transmission of the virus that causes AIDS
respiratory droplets
Which area of the US has the highest rate of AIDS
south
Which of the following ethnic groups has the highest rate of AIDS
african americans
As a child, Sean played quietly when his mother left him alone to do her household chores. He was confident she would return and greeted her happily when she came back. As an adult, he feels comfortable with the fact that his wife is a public figure and must often travel alone. He trusts her completely. Sean's attachment style is most accurately described as
secure
How much money is spent annually on the commercial sex industry
472 billion
Which of the following cities was the first red light district in the US?
san francisco
Which of the following hormones is rewired out of the dopamine-reward pathway after consistently reviewing porn
oxytocin
According to the department of health and human services, what percentage of woman exiting the commercial sex industry experience PTSD
69%
What is the average age of viewing porn in the US?
8
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