Introduction to Psychology
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Course Introduction
Introduction to Psychology offers a comprehensive overview of the scientific study of behavior and mental processes. This course explores fundamental concepts such as perception, learning, memory, motivation, emotion, personality, psychological disorders, and social interactions. Students will examine historical and contemporary perspectives in psychology, including biological, cognitive, behavioral, and sociocultural approaches. Through a combination of lectures, discussions, and case studies, students gain insight into the methods used by psychologists to understand and explain human thought and behavior, equipping them with foundational knowledge applicable to a wide range of academic and real-world contexts.
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Understanding Human Sexuality 6th Edition by Janet Shibley Hyde
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Chapter 1: Sexuality in Perspective
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Q1) Which religion taught that sexual pleasure was one of the finest pleasures of life?
A)Christianity
B)Islam
C)Catholicism
D)Protestantism
Answer: B
Q2) Which of the following is NOT TRUE regarding cultural variations in sexual techniques?
A)Some Ponapean men place a fish in their partner's vulva and lick it out prior to coitus.
B)Some Apinaye women bite off some of their partner's eyebrows.
C)Most societies prescribe people to engage in sexual intercourse at particular times or certain situations.
D)Young Mangaians have intercourse several times a night.
Answer: C
Q3) There is only one clear definition of the term "sex".
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 2: Theoretical Perspectives on Sexuality
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Q1) Susie and John are on a date at the zoo.During their visit to the wild cat sanctuary,they come upon a male and female lion mating.While they are giggling at the cats' public display,Susie notices that she is becoming aroused.John,on the other hand,is experiencing no arousal except for some discomfort with the lion's ongoing encounter.How might some researchers interpret Susie and John's responses as a demonstration of natural selection?
A)Historically,men who have sex with felines do not reproduce;therefore,John is not sexually aroused by the sexual scene.
B)Susie has likely experienced sexual arousal to animals having sex in her past and is now conditioned to respond to the sexual scene.
C)Historically,finding humour in uncomfortable situations is a valuable trait to have in a mate;therefore,Susie is aroused by John.
D)Historically,women who had automatic physiological responses to a wide range of stimuli were more likely to survive;therefore,Susie is aroused by the sexual scene. Answer: D
Q2) Why is sexuality important in all societies?
Answer: Answers will vary
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Chapter 3: Sex Research
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Q1) When Masters and Johnson made follow-up contacts with the participants,they found out that:
A)most participants had developed sexual disorders.
B)most participants were experiencing severe levels of stress and anxiety.
C)the participants had not developed any sexual disorders due to their participation.
D)the participants felt that taking part in the research had a detrimental effect on their marriages.
Answer: C
Q2) Which of the following best characterizes the sampling done in magazine surveys?
A)Sampling is usually extremely biased.
B)Sampling techniques have highly refined over the last decade,resulting in a great deal of valuable data)
C)Sampling is based on probability statistics.
D)Sampling techniques are reported quite accurately along with the articles,so the reader knows what the researchers diD.
Answer: A
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Chapter 4: Sexual Anatomy
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Q1) The _____ is a non-reproductive female sexual organ that plays an important role in stimulating sexual arousal.
A)vagina
B)uterus
C)penis
D)clitoris
Q2) The _____ is analogous to the female's ovary.
A)vas deferens
B)corpus spongiosum
C)meatus
D)testis
Q3) In modified radical mastectomy:
A)only the breast is removed.
B)only the lump is removed.
C)the breast,lymph nodes,and pectoral muscles are removed.
D)the breast and underarm lymph nodes are removeD.
Q4) Describe the similarities between the clitoris and the penis.
Q5) Briefly describe the different types of female genital cutting (FGC).
Q6) Briefly describe the risk factors for breast and cervical cancer,the treatment options available,and their likely outcomes.
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Chapter 5: Sex Hormones, Sexual Differentiation, and the Menstrual Cycle
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Q1) The inguinal canal is the passageway for the descent of the: A)ovaries.
B)testes.
C)scrotum.
D)fallopian tubes.
Q2) The _____ plays a major role in regulating the four functions of eating,drinking,fighting,and sexual behaviour.
A)cerebellum
B)adrenal glands
C)gonads
D)hypothalamus
Q3) Which phase of the menstrual cycle is relatively constant in terms of duration?
A)The ovulation phase
B)The follicular phase
C)The luteal phase
D)The menstruation phase
Q4) Do women's moods change over the menstrual cycle? Explain your choice of answer.
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Q5) Discuss the problems that may occur in the passage of the testes through the inguinal canal.How can these problems be corrected?
Q6) Describe the process of sex differentiation of the gonads of males and females.
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Chapter 6: Conception, Pregnancy, and Childbirth
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Q1) Which of the following is true of nutrition for a pregnant woman?
A)Her intake of folic acid has no effect on the fetus.
B)She should ensure that her calcium levels are low.
C)She should ensure that her diet is rich in iron.
D)Her diet should be free of magnesium.
Q2) The egg is surrounded by a thin,gelatinous layer called the _____ which,when dissolved,allows the sperm to penetrate the egg.
A)epidermis
B)acrosome
C)zona pellucida
D)hyaluronidase
Q3) Which of the following is true of herpes simplex?
A)It cannot affect the genital region of a woman while she is pregnant.
B)A delivery by Caesarean-section reduces the likelihood that it will infect the infant.
C)Women affected by it are at low risk of spontaneous abortion.
D)Pregnant women are immune to the virus,as are the infants they carry.
Q4) Discuss the three stages of labour briefly.
Q5) What effect can the intake of alcohol by a pregnant woman have on her fetus?
Q6) What is an ectopic pregnancy? How do most ectopic pregnancies end?
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Chapter 7: Contraception and Abortion
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Q1) Discuss male contraception options.What is the most effective contraceptive for males? What are the most recent innovations?
Q2) Which of the following is NOT a reason for failure of a vasectomy?
A)Pregnancy occurred just after the procedure when sperm were still present.
B)The no-scalpel vasectomy was used.
C)The physician did not cut all the way through the vas deferens.
D)The split part of the vas deferens grew back together.
Q3) Which of the following is NOT an advantage of IUDs?
A)inexpensive
B)no interruption of the sexual experience
C)easily placed by the women several hours prior to intercourse
D)no effect on fertility after removal
Q4) Explain what is involved in the use of the rhythm method.Are there different rhythm methods? Discuss.Why would a person use a rhythm method as their method of choice? Explain.
Q5) The majority of unwanted pregnancies are the direct result of A)men forcing sexual intercourse on women.
B)a female trying to hold onto a male partner by getting pregnant.
C)the failure of sexually active persons to use contraceptives responsibly.
D)spontaneous sex.
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Chapter 8: Sexual Arousal
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Q1) Which STI is sometimes called "the Great Pox?"
A)syphilis
B)gonorrhea
C)chlamydia
D)hepatitis
Q2) What is the risk of being infected with HIV (male to female transmission)from ONE EPISODE of unprotected intercourse with an infected male?
A)50-90%
B)45%
C)0.2%
D)0.1-20%
Q3) A woman's chances of contracting cervical cancer increases greatly if she has had A)pediculosis pubis.
B)herpes simplex I.
C)chlamydia.
D)genital warts.
Q4) Discuss safer (low and no risk)sexual activities.In your opinion,what are two reasons (give detail)that youth might choose to engage in high-risk sexual behaviour.
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Chapter 9: Sexuality and the Life Cycle : Childhood and Adolescence
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Q1) What are the two basic processes in Bancroft's dual control model of sexual response?
A)vasocongestion and myotonia
B)arousal and orgasm
C)excitation and inhibition
D)arousal and inhibition
Q2) According to the research findings of Masters and Johnson,women are able to physiologically experience at least three types of orgasm: vaginal,clitoral and uterine.
A)True
B)False
Q3) According to Masters and Johnson,both men and women experience an "erection" resulting from an engorgement of blood.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Sexual fantasies are
A)common,and are sometimes negative,but may also be positive.
B)uncommon,and indicate a sexual difficulty.
C)uncommon,and indicate an unfulfilled sexual desire.
D)common,and indicate prior sexual abuse.
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Chapter 10: Sexuality and the Life Cycle : Adulthood
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Q1) Studies of child and adolescent sexual behaviour have typically used
A)surveys
B)laboratory experiments
C)direct observations
D)historical accounts
Q2) Children know what gender they are by age
A)2 months
B)6-8 months
C)1 year
D)2½-3 years
Q3) When young children engage in sex play with each other,such as "showing" their genitals,it is important to realize that children are primarily motivated by
A)an urge for pleasure.
B)an urge to show off.
C)naughtiness.
D)curiosity.
Q4) What kinds of sexual activities are typical of a small child aged 5 to 7? Give examples.
Q5) Define the "primal scene" experience.Compare Freud's view with more recent data.
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Chapter 11: Attraction, Love, and Communication
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Q1) Some single adults intend on marrying at some point and will do so.Other single adults do not ever want to get married.Which of the following is TRUE regarding research findings comparing these two groups?
A)People who do not want to ever get married have lower incomes and less education than those who want to get married.
B)People who do not want to ever get married are more likely to be gay,lesbian,bisexual,or queer than those who want to get married.
C)People who want to get married are more likely from traditional families and cultures that emphasize marriage as success.
D)People who want to get married have lower incomes and less education than those who do not want to get marrieD.
Q2) In what form is the singles scene institutionalized?
A)fitness centres.
B)singles apartment complexes.
C)religious groups.
D)all of the above.
Q3) Compare the climacteric in women to that in men.
Q4) Why does our society have such negative attitudes toward sex among the elderly?
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Chapter 12: Gender and Sexuality
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Q1) Which of the following is TRUE about how the triangular theory,love as a story theory,and attachment theory explain how two people fit well in a romantic relationship?
A)They are similar in concepts/stories/attachment.
B)They have differences that complement each other in concepts/stories/attachment.
C)Men and women have very different ideas relating to each theory that complement each other in the long run.
D)There are no aspects of these three theories that are similar.
Q2) How does the theory that love is a story explain why a couple that seems to work well together would separate?
A)They have different expectations of how to express love.
B)They have different love stories that take greater priority than the one they are creating.
C)Love as a story doesn't work very well for explaining relationships.
D)Their levels of intimacy,commitment,and passion are not similar.
Q3) Jealousy is a raw emotional reaction.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 13: Sexual Orientation: Gay, Straight, or BI
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Q1) Those who are gynephilic are sexually attracted to A)men
B)women
C)men and women
D)neither men nor women
Q2) Which of the following is an aspect of the traditional sexual script and the underlying gender schema?
A)Women are "oversexed" and men are "undersexed."
B)High sexual experience enhances women's but decreases men's perceived status.
C)Men are expected to be "sexperts."
D)Women,because of their greater sexual interest,are supposed to be the initiators in sexual situations.
Q3) At this point,we really do not know for sure what causes transsexualism.
A)True
B)False
Q4) A person with gender dysphoria is one type of transgendered person.
A)True
B)False
Q5) What are the overall similarities in gender stereotypes across the various ethnic groups?
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Chapter 14: Variations in Sexual Behavior
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Q1) Kris is sexually and emotionally attracted to men and women as well as transgender people.Which of the following sexual identities is Kris most likely to adopt?
A)questioning
B)bisexual
C)pansexual
D)asexual
Q2) Discuss the stages in the coming out process of a gay man or lesbian.In what ways has this model of identity development been criticized?
Q3) In comparing the birth order of gay men to heterosexual men,it was found that
A)gay men were more likely to be only children.
B)gay men had more sisters than heterosexuals.
C)gay men were more likely to have had a late birth order and have a number of older brothers.
D)gay men had more brothers and had an early birth order.
Q4) The sociological notion that homosexuality results from being labelled "gay" by others was supported by research data.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 15: Sexual Coercion
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Q1) "Sexual behaviour is abnormal when it is rare;that is,when it is not practised by very many people." This is a _____ definition.
A)statistical
B)psychological
C)sociological
D)religious
Q2) Paraphilias are behaviours defined as lasting
A)one month or more.
B)six months or more.
C)twelve months or more.
D)eighteen months or more.
Q3) A desire to soil or damage a woman,the image of a woman,or the clothes of a woman is referred to as
A)sadism
B)scoptophilia
C)saliromania
D)tagomania
Q4) Define and discuss transvestism,including the possible causes and the reactions of the families of transvestites.
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Chapter 16: Sex for Sale
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Q1) Discuss the pros and cons of having the National Sex Offender Registry.Why is the registry not available to the public?
Q2) The theory that represents the view that sexual aggressors are the product of gender-role socialization and links the relationship between using sex and power is _____.
A)feminist theory
B)victim-precipitated theory
C)rapist-precipitated theory
D)cognitive theory
Q3) Recidivism among child sexual abusers is highest for A)female offenders.
B)those with a university education.
C)those who had committed previous sexual offences and had begun abusing at an early age.
D)those who had been sexually abused when they were young,but did not start abusing until their mid-twenties.
Q4) Describe the strategies presented in the text for preventing sexual assault in the categories of avoidance and self-defence.
Q5) Describe what friends need to do to help a sexual assault victim.
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Chapter 17: Sexual Disorders and Sex Therapy
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Q1) Based on information provided in your text,if you were to create a profile of a person who produces child pornography,which of the following profiles would most closely fit?
A)A man in his early twenties who met the child through an ad placed in a magazine
B)A woman in her mid-thirties who used her own children in the movie
C)A man in his early forties who was the child's uncle
D)A woman in her fifties who had once been a madam,and met the child through a casting call
Q2) In the beginning hard-core films were made primarily for theatre audiences,while today most are being made for appearance on MuchMusic.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Research with sexually explicit materials that viewers find acceptable demonstrates that
A)erotica has no effect on sexual behaviour.
B)erotica may lead to increases in sexual arousal for men and women.
C)nonaggressive erotica leads to massive increases in aggressive behaviour.
D)erotica decreases sexual arousal and sexual interest.
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Chapter 18: Sexually Transmitted Infections
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Q1) Beth loves the show Sex and the City.She especially likes how the character Samantha is so sexually open and in charge of her own sexual pleasure.She strives to be like Samantha in her own sexual life.In so doing,she often finds herself evaluating what she is doing in the middle of sex-and how the other person is responding-almost as if she is watching herself on TV.Beth's experience is
A)anxiety caused by fear of failure.
B)called spectatoring.
C)caused by a failure of the partner to communicate.
D)one way myths and misinformation affect sexuality.
Q2) In order for the suction device to be effective in maintaining an erection
A)it must be supplanted in time by implanting an inflatable prosthesis.
B)Viagra needs to be taken.
C)a constrictive device,such as a rubber band,needs to be applied at the base of the penis.
D)the penis needs to be continually stimulated by the man's sexual partner.
Q3) What are sensate focus exercises? How do they demonstrate the effectiveness of behaviour therapy?
Q4) What is cognitive restructuring and how is it used in sex therapy?
Q5) Discuss how anxiety can cause a sexual dysfunction.
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Chapter 19: Ethics, Religion, and Sexuality
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Q1) Sandy is developing a sexual health outreach program for First Nations people and East Asian immigrants in Canada.In doing so,Sandy can
A)use the same set of topics to cover but will need to develop separate,culturally appropriate programs.
B)use a program already in place in the school system instead of develop a new program.
C)develop one culturally sensitive program that will work equally well with each group.
D)turn to the research to pull from a variety of well-developed,effective sexual health programs specific to each group.
Q2) During the 1990s,one of the most visible conflicts about sex education in the public schools was
A)the introduction of sex education of some type into the curriculum.
B)education about HIV and AIDS.
C)sexual graffiti in the bathrooms.
D)over the distribution of condoms to students.
Q3) What kinds of things do you need to consider when applying a sexuality education program to a different culture?
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Chapter 20: Sex and the Law
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Q1) Briefly discuss the role of sex in Buddhism.
Q2) If we consider ethics to be a system of moral principles that we use in part to determine our sexual beliefs and behaviour,then religion should be considered as
A)a source of values related to sexuality.
B)saying that God exists and is all-knowing.
C)giving people a place to go on Sunday morning.
D)a source of income to do gooD.
Q3) Of the following religious groups,the most accepting of homosexuals and homosexual behaviours are
A)Roman Catholics
B)Anglicans
C)Quakers
D)Baptists
Q4) Pluralists
A)appeal to law for the enforcement of their views.
B)appeal to religion for the enforcement of their views.
C)allow freedom to individuals even if the order and uniformity of society might be endangered by their actions.
D)favour strict regulation of human conduct to help make people gooD.
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