Marriage and Family Studies
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Course Introduction
Marriage and Family Studies explores the dynamic structures, functions, and diversity of families and intimate relationships within contemporary society. The course examines sociological, psychological, and cultural perspectives on marriage, partnership formation, parenting, communication, conflict resolution, and family transitions across the life span. Students will analyze the effects of social change, policy, and cultural norms on family roles, structures, and interpersonal dynamics, and will develop critical thinking skills to evaluate current issues such as gender roles, work-family balance, divorce, and alternative family forms.
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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) Compared to higher species,the BEST description of lower species' sexual behaviour is
A)more hormonally controlled
B)less elaborate
C)more frequent
D)less pleasurable
Answer: A
Q2) Which of the following is NOT TRUE about sex across cultures?
A)All societies regulate sexual behaviour in some way.
B)Incest is permitted in most ancient societies.
C)There is a great deal of variety in sexual regulations across cultures.
D)Rape is condemned in most,if not all,societies
Answer: B
Q3) Before contact with Europeans,most First Nations populations were
A)permissive in their sexual attitudes by European standards
B)restrictive in their sexual attitudes by European standards
C)no different from Europeans in their attitudes about sexuality
D)living with no sexual rules
Answer: A
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Chapter 2: Theoretical Perspectives on Sexuality
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Q1) Which component of the personality operates on the reality principle?
A)the ego
B)the id
C)the superego
D)Eros
Answer: A
Q2) A man walks into a woman's office,shuts the door,and opens his coat to reveal that he is naked.The woman approaches the man and kisses him passionately.A cognitive psychologist might expect the woman to have mentally done what?
A)perceived the man to be attractive and non-threatening
B)used her knowledge of stereotypes to size the man up
C)remembered a sequence of events she saw in a movie
D)telepathically communicated her sexual desire to the man
Answer: A
Q3) An adult asking another adult to purchase a sexual service while on the street in Canada is committing a crime.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 3: Sex Research
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Q1) You want to understand the impact that prime time TV shows have on young girls' body image.Which of the following methods is most likely to suit the requirements of your study?
A)A Web-based survey
B)Content analysis
C)A magazine survey
D)Direct observation
Answer: B
Q2) Which of the following statements is true of experimental sex research?
A)It helps in the generation of hypotheses.
B)It makes use of convenience sampling.
C)It requires the use of a participant-observer technique.
D)It is costly and time-consuming.
Answer: D
Q3) Which of the following is a disadvantage of Web-based surveys?
A)Respondents lack a controlled environment in which they take surveys.
B)Lack of access to a large number of respondents leads to smaller samples.
C)Stigmatized sexual behaviour cannot be studied.
D)Extraneous influences often lead to skewed results.
Answer: A
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Chapter 4: Sexual Anatomy
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Q1) How are mammographies disadvantageous?
A)They have a low success rate and are incapable of detecting small tumors.
B)They involve exposure to radiation,which increases the risk of cancer.
C)They cannot detect cysts and fibroadenoma.
D)They can detect cancer only in its advanced stages.
Q2) Which of the following terms refers to the external genitals of the female?
A)Clitoris
B)Uterus
C)Vagina
D)Vulva
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) The spongy body running the length of the underside of the penis is the _____.
A)coronal ridge
B)corpora cavernosa
C)corpus spongiosum
D)coronal sponge
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Chapter 5: Sex Hormones, Sexual Differentiation, and the
Menstrual Cycle
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Q1) Which of the following is true regarding the ovulation phase of the menstrual cycle?
A)It follows the luteal phase.
B)During this phase,the follicle ruptures and releases a mature egg.
C)The level of FSH rises significantly during this phase.
D)The levels of estrogen and progesterone drop significantly during this phase.
Q2) _____ is a problem faced more often by boys because of the clogging of sebaceous glands during puberty.
A)Acne
B)Obesity
C)Increased secretion of adrenal androgens
D)Growth of pubic hair
Q3) In the luteal phase:
A)the follicle turns into a glandular mass of cells called the corpus luteum.
B)the endometrium breaks down and is discharged through the cervix.
C)the degeneration of the corpus luteum is accompanied by a rise in progesterone.
D)the luteinizing hormone is no longer secreteD.
Q4) Discuss the common problem of painful menstruation.
Q5) 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 oxytocin?
A)Oxytocin is secreted by the thyroid gland.
B)Oxytocin stimulates the breasts to eject milk.
C)Oxytocin levels drop sharply in the weeks following delivery.
D)Oxytocin inhibits the production of breast milk.
Q2) A hormonal condition in males that causes them to mimic the symptoms of pregnancy in females is referred to as _____.
A)pseudocyesis
B)couvade syndrome
C)false pregnancy
D)paternity pains
Q3) Conception typically occurs in the outer third of the _____.
A)ovary
B)fallopian tube
C)vas deferens
D)amniotic sac
Q4) Discuss the various reproductive technologies that have been developed to assist the process of conception.
Q5) Compare amniocentesis with chorionic villus sampling (CVS).
Q6) What effect can the intake of alcohol by a pregnant woman have on her fetus?
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Chapter 7: Contraception and Abortion
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Q1) Depo-Provera is a(n)________ method of contraception.
A)estrogen-only
B)synthetic estrogen
C)progestin-only
D)combination estrogen and progestin
Q2) One of the reasons for a large number of abortions in Nigeria,especially for the Ekiti Yoruba,is due to
A)the importance of fertility.
B)the high incidence of infidelity.
C)a lack of availability of condoms and birth control pills.
D)the national governmental policy of being against the use of contraceptives in order to encourage population growth.
Q3) Female sterilization is basically the same thing as a hysterectomy.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Contraceptive use in our society has become an integral part of our value and behaviour system as seen by the way we begin using contraceptives as teenagers.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 8: Sexual Arousal
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Q1) The first phase of syphilis is characterized by
A)a grayish-greenish discharge from the vagina or the penis.
B)a chancre.
C)a skin rash over the torso.
D)blisters on the back which follow the nerve path around to the front.
Q2) There are many culturally sensitive HIV/AIDS prevention and education programs in use in Canada.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Human papillomavirus 16 and 18 account for 70 percent of all cases of cervical cancer.Which of the following is likely NOT a contributing factor to this alarming statistic?
A)A person without symptoms can still transmit the virus.
B)Up to 33 percent of Canadian women are infected with HPV.
C)Many individuals infected with HPV show no obvious signs of infection.
D)HPV lowers white blood cell levels.
Q4) Training in relaxation techniques and stress management is a useful treatment for herpes.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 9: Sexuality and the Life Cycle : Childhood and Adolescence
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Q1) The physiological processes of vasocongestion and myotonia play a key role in the Masters and Johnson's stages of sexual response and Kaplan's triphasic model.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The most frequently occurring intercourse position in Canada is probably A)side-by-side.
B)rear-entry.
C)man-on-bottom,face-to-face.
D)man-on-top,face-to-face.
Q3) Autoeroticism
A)is a mechanical sexual response.
B)is an involuntary sexual response.
C)is an unwanted sexual response.
D)includes masturbation.
Q4) How do the spinal cord and the brain influence our sexual responses? Explain the mechanisms for the male.
Q5) Briefly define the three phases of Masters and Johnson's sexual response cycle.
Q6) Answer the question,"Is there a good aphrodisiac?"
Q7) Discuss the relationship between pheromones and the menstrual cycle.
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Chapter 10: Sexuality and the Life Cycle : Adulthood
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Q1) What two factors did Udry find predisposed girls to be sexually active?
A)did not regularly attend church/had younger sister
B)their families were not intact/high levels of testosterone
C)young father/high levels of testosterone
D)active in sports/learning disability
Q2) For preadolescent and adolescent boys,the total frequency of masturbating increases _________,and for preadolescent and adolescent girls the total frequency of masturbating increases _________.
A)gradually;rapidly
B)rapidly;gradually
C)gradually;gradually
D)rapidly;rapidly
Q3) Some mixed-sex play typically begins by the age of
A)6 months
B)1 year
C)2 years
D)5 years
Q4) Discuss the roles of biological versus sociological factors in adolescent sexuality.
Q5) Outline the importance of gender segregation in preadolescents.
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Chapter 11: Attraction, Love, and Communication
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Q1) The relatively sharp decline in marital intercourse after the first year of marriage may be due to the factor of habituation and,later on in the marriage,because of the arrival of children.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Approximately five years after menopause,the vagina
A)has less lubrication.
B)grows in both width and length.
C)becomes more acidiC.
D)becomes less vulnerable to infections.
Q3) Hormone replacement therapy (HRT)involving estrogen and progesterone
A)is valuable in increasing the sexual desire of aging females.
B)helps prevent breast cancer.
C)increases bone density.
D)decreases the growth of the endometrium.
Q4) Married people who masturbate
A)may stay faithful to their partner.
B)are oversexed.
C)are dissatisfied with their marital sexual relationship.
D)clearly have psychological problems that need to be worked out.
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Chapter 12: Gender and Sexuality
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Q1) Which of the following statements regarding self-disclosure in relationships is NOT supported by research?
A)When one partner in a relationship self-discloses,the other is likely to do so as well.
B)Men and women in dating relationships reveal more about sexual feelings than nonsexual feelings.
C)Men and women in dating relationships reveal more about what they don't like sexually than what they do like sexually.
D)More self-disclosure is related to greater relationship satisfaction.
Q2) Dutton and Aron (1974)interviewed subjects who had just crossed one of two types of bridges-a safe one and a dangerous one.They found
A)that males misattributed their arousal to a female confederate.
B)that males misattributed their arousal to the bridge.
C)no support for the two-component theory of love.
D)evidence for the effects of attitude similarity on attraction.
Q3) The two parts of the "two-component theory of love" are physiological arousal and labeling.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 13: Sexual Orientation: Gay, Straight, or BI
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Q1) Gender stereotypes that are present in the mass media,particularly TV shows
A)have little effect on the beliefs and behaviour of children.
B)primarily affect young boys more than young girls.
C)primarily affect young girls rather than young boys.
D)have a significant effect upon the beliefs and behaviour of children.
Q2) Which general cultural factor discussed in the text provides the clearest evidence of differences in restrictions and permissions in male and female sexuality?
A)Double standard
B)Traditional sexual script
C)Family roles
D)Occupational roles
Q3) In which of South Asian,Chinese,and English-speaking Caribbean cultures is it NOT ever permitted for men to engage in extra-marital sex?
A)Chinese
B)South Asian
C)English-speaking Caribbean
D)None of the choices are correct.
Q4) What are the types of transsexuals? Describe each briefly.
Q5) Describe the steps required in the process of gender reassignment.
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Chapter 14: Variations in Sexual Behavior
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Q1) Cross-cultural studies suggest that a pattern of _________ with infants leads to the highest incidence of same-gender sexual behaviour.
A)high maternal involvement and high paternal involvement
B)low maternal involvement and high paternal involvement
C)low maternal involvement and low paternal involvement
D)high maternal involvement and low paternal involvement
Q2) Vic is a queer adolescent living in a small rural community in Saskatchewan.Vic has been teased at school for appearing odd and different but that is nothing compared to the harassment that Vic has witnessed toward the one "out" gay teacher in the community.Even Vic's parents have made rude comments about this teacher.Given this situation,Vic has not come out to friends or family.Based on information in the text,in this situation Vic is likely to
A)become a peer counselor for other sexual minority youth.
B)develop mental illness due to the stressors of being a sexual minority.
C)move to the city as soon as possible.
D)become a bully.
Q3) Compare the various reasons/causes given in explanation of why people become homosexual.Does this help answer the question of why people become heterosexual? Why or why not?
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Chapter 15: Sexual Coercion
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Q1) Let us say that Jack Smith has a shoe fetish.He requires that the shoes he uses for sexual arousal be leather boots,especially the well-worn and smelly hiking boots of female university students.His fetish is a ________________ fetish.
A)media
B)soft
C)form
D)transsexual
Q2) What do we know about the prevention of paraphilias? How do the components of the paraphilias develop?
Q3) A method of treatment of problematic sexual variations that influences the central nervous system and thus changes behaviour is
A)castration
B)the AA-type 12-step program
C)covert sensitization
D)psychopharmacological treatment
Q4) Explain how the AA-Type 12-Step program is used and works for sexual addiction treatment.
Q5) Compare and contrast "saliromania" and "sexual sadism."
Q6) Define abnormal sexual behaviour.
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Chapter 16: Sex for Sale
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Q1) Once a sexual abuser has been incarcerated and treated,he will not repeat a sexual abuse offence.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Sexually abused children were significantly more likely to show symptoms of _________ than nonabused children.
A)anxiety
B)aggressive and antisocial behaviour
C)behaviour problems such as hyperactivity
D)All of these choices are correct
Q3) Being sexually molested during childhood appears to A)cause severe psychological trauma only in girls.
B)have few long-term effects,but many short-term effects.
C)have long-term and short-term effects.
D)cause schizophrenia in adulthooD.
Q4) What is date sexual assault? Why is it so common?
Q5) Describe the impact of sexual assault on the average victim.Include post-traumatic stress disorder in your discussion.
Q6) Discuss the relationship between sexual assault and race/ethnicity.
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Chapter 17: Sexual Disorders and Sex Therapy
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Q1) Which of the following is TRUE regarding how sex workers function in Canada?
A)Most adult sex workers have madams.
B)Most adult sex workers do not have a pimp.
C)Most adult sex workers have pimps for protection.
D)Most adult sex workers have licenses to perform services.
Q2) Sex trafficking is
A)sending sex workers to a client in a taxi cab.
B)selling women and children off as sex slaves.
C)recruiting and controlling people using threat,force,or deception for sexual exploitation.
D)recruiting people by providing money,material goods,and education into sexual exploitation.
Q3) Most clients of male sex workers are also male.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Which of the following is NOT a third-party person involved in sex work?
A)massage parlour managers
B)madam
C)pimp
D)police
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Chapter 18: Sexually Transmitted Infections
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Q1) You have been given the opportunity of speaking with 10 members of your gender about sexual dysfunctions.What 2 dysfunctions would you speak about and why? What key information would you provide?
Q2) The inability to have an erection or to maintain one is known as A)rapid ejaculation. B)dyspareunia.
C)hyperactive sexual desire.
D)erectile disorder.
Q3) The stop-start technique is used to treat A)female orgasmic disorder. B)rapid ejaculation.
C)erectile disorder.
D)retarded ejaculation.
Q4) Intracavernosal injection of vasodilators into the penis
A)results in erections lasting on the average about 2 hours.
B)is used when the erectile problem has an organic cause.
C)is recommended for men who have no problems so that they can 'last' up to 5 hours. D)is combined with a suction device and rubber band for an effective erection.
Q5) Discuss how relationship distress can cause a sexual dysfunction.
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Chapter 19: Ethics, Religion, and Sexuality
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Q1) Which Canadian agency developed the Canadian Guidelines for Sexual Health Education?
A)Ontario Ministry of Health
B)Department of Canadian Sex Education
C)Sex Information and Education Council of Canada
D)Sex Guidelines and Ethics Chamber of Canada
Q2) Which of the following is TRUE regarding sexual health for persons with developmental disabilities?
A)Some with intellectual disabilities function sufficiently well enough to care for a child.
B)They are asexual.
C)They are at low levels and vulnerable to sexual exploitation.
D)They all have access to adequate sexual health education.
Q3) When parents are asked whether or not they favour sex education in the schools,
A)most are opposed.
B)about one-half are in favour and one-half are opposed.
C)most are in favour.
D)the Prairie provinces are opposeD.
Q4) Discuss the advantages and problems with providing sex education or getting sex education from the Internet.
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Chapter 20: Sex and the Law
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Q1) Discuss the role that sex plays in the message of the New Testament.Be sure to discuss the dualism of the early Christians and how they handled this issue.
Q2) Which Christian writer and authority advocated celibacy for all serious Christians?
A)St.Thomas Aquinas
B)St.Paul
C)Jesus
D)St.Augustine
Q3) Who were the Canaanites and what influence did they have on sexual morality in Judaism?
Q4) Which of the following techniques has been condemned by Orthodox Judaism?
A)AIH (artificial insemination by the husband)
B)IVF (in vitro fertilization)
C)AID (artificial insemination by a donor)
D)Late age parents (first time parents who are over 40)
Q5) For full acceptance of homosexuals into their religions,Quakers,Unitarians and Roman Catholics are exceptionally accepting.
A)True
B)False
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