Aspects of Human Sexuality

In terms of forming adult relationships, which of the following people is likely to have issues with trusting or depending on a partner?

A. Mary, who displays anxious-ambivialent attachment style.
B. Susan, who is securely attached.
C. Robert, who displays avoidant attachment style.
D. John, who is securely attached.

When summarizing research over the past two decades, which of the following BEST describes the attitudes that men and women have about the relationship between love and sex?

A. Men and women are growing further apart in thinking about sex and love.
B. Men and women are becoming more similar in their attitudes about the relationship between sex and love.
C. Women are more likely than men to associate love with sex.
D. Men are more likely than women to want sex frequently at the beginning of the relationship, but then quickly lose interest.

Which of the following is the BEST example of mutual empathy?

A. A man lets his partner know that it excites hime when she is sexually agressive.
B. Despite a crisis in their marraige, a couple enters into therapy with the knowledge that they both care for each other and are committed to the relationship.
C. A women initiates sex with a man she has been dating and he responds with enthusiasm,
D. A women assures her partner that, in spite of the sexual difficulties he is having, she loves him no matter what..

According to the text, women use language to________, while men use language to ______.

A. Gain conrol; achieve sexual intimacy.
B. Acheive intimacy; convey information.
C. Achieve status in a group; prevent others from pushing them away.
D. prevent being pushed around; achieve status in a group.

Which of the following individuals would be most likely to masturbate?

A. A married, college educated white man.
B. A single, college educated african american man
C. A married, high school educated african american man
D. A single, high school educated white man.

Which of the following individuals would be LEAST likely to experience oral sex?

A. An African American, college educated man
B. a white, high school educated Catholic man.
C. An african American, high school educated, conservative protestant.
D. A white, college educated, conservative Protestant woman.

Which of the following is the BEST definition of the term homosexual?

A. Someone who has sex with others of their own sex.
B. Someone who is emotionally and sexually attracted to a member of their same sex
C. Anyone who is not a heterosexual.
D. Anyone who has had at least one sexual encounter with the same sex.

Which of the following is TRUE regarding Kinsey's research on sexual orientations.

A. A & B are true
B. B & C are true
C. Most people are exclusively homosexual or heterosexual.
D. Men are more likely to report orientations on the "ends" of Kinsey's orientation scale.
E. Most people report orientations somewhere in the middle of Kinsey's scale.

Jason attended an all-male school for several years where he engages in sex with several schoolmates. Prior to attending boarding school, Jason had sexual and emotional relationships with women, and after he left boarding school, he resumed having relationships with women. He would be best described as:

A. A man experiencing homosexual denial.
B. A transitional bisexual
C. A transitory bisexual
D. A true bisexual

Which of the following is the BEST explanation of the "by default" theory of homosexual orientation?

A. A homosexual orientation may result from gender nonconforming play in child and subsequent attraction in adulthood to partners who differ from preferred sex of our childhood playmates.
B. People become homosexual because they have been seduced by older homosexuals.
C. A distant relationship with his father and an overly close relationship with his mother might result in a man becoming homosexual.
D. People will be heterosexual unless something happens to make them unattracted to the opposite sex (e. g., assualt, bad relationships, rejection).

Stephanie and Brett are married and want a birth control method that has no side effects, is inexpensive, and doesnt interrupt their spontaneity during sex. although they are not really ready to have children yet, if they were to become pregnant, that would be ok with them. Based on this information, a good method of birth control for them would be:

A. condoms and spermicide
B. Birth control pills
C. a diaphragm
D. The mucus method

Research has indicated that individuals who ______ about sex are likely to use contraception ineffectively.

A. Are apathetic
B. feel guilty
C. Feel anxious
D. are phobic

Contemporary adolescents have indicated that ______ is important in their sexually intimate relationships.

A. Good sex
B. Similarity in family background.
C. Emotional attachment
D. gaining peer approval

According to the NHSLS study, ______ was the most common reason reported by women for having first intercourse, and ______was the most common reason reported by men.

A. affection for partner; curiosity and readiness for sex
B. Curiosity and readiness for sex; curiosity and readiness for sex
C. Affection for partner; affection for partner
D. Peer pressure and curiosity; readiness for sex

Which two factors are MOST CLOSELY correlated with delay of first intercourse?

A. Relationship with father and religious affiliation
B. affluence and religious affiliation
C. Relationship with mother and religious affiliation
D. affluence and maternal relationship

Of the persons below, who is MOST likely to correctly and consitantly use contraception?

A. John, who has frequently talked to his mother about birth control.
B. Betse, who has intercourse infrequently
C. Adam, who had first intercourse at age 12
D. Brianna, whose boyfriend is six years older than her.

Which of the following statements regarding Gottman's research on predicting marital satisfaction is MOST true?

A. Avoiding conflict with one's partner is one pattern that can predict eventual marital dissatisfaction or separation.
B. Showing contempt or disgust for one's partner is one pattern that can predict eventual marital dissatisfaction or separation
C. Volatile couples are at the highest risk for maintaining marital satisfaction
D. Validating couples are the most healthy

According to the NHSLS study, those most likely to engage in extramarital sex are:

A. Over the age of 45.
B. People who work jobs that take them out of town/away from home
C. Those with more traditional gender roles
D. Men

Sternberg's dimensions of love:

According to one study of dating couples, which of the dimensions of love are predictive of relationship stability and longevity?

Kinds of Love: Liking----

Kinds of Love: Empty love----

Kinds of Love: Infatuation---

Kinds of Love: Romantic love---

Kinds of Love: Fatuous love-----

Kinds of love: Companionate----

Kinds of Love: Consumate love----

During the ______ phase of ejaculation, a man will usually experience the "point of no return."

A. Expulsion
B. Emission
C. Rapid-eye movement
D. Retrograde

The Vas deferens is:

A A tube through which urine passes from the bladder to the outside of the body
B. The tube that is severed in a vasectomy
C. Located inside the penis
D. where sperm production take place.

In ______, semen is expelled into the bladder.

A. Spermatogenesis
B retrograde ejaculation
C. Penile inhibition
D. Seminal retraction

Hypoactive sexual disorder

Sexual aversion disorder

Female genital arrousal disorder

Dyspareunia

Peyronie's disease

Vulvar vestibulitis syndrome

Vaginisimus

Vulva

Vasocongestion

Menarche

Emission phase

Expulsion phase