Psychological Aspects of Sexuality Exam Solutions - 1375 Verified Questions
Chapter 3: Female Sexual Anatomy, Development, and Health
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Q1) Which statement best describes Turner's syndrome?
A) It affects only males.
B) It affects only females.
C) It affects both males and females equally.
D) It is a condition that makes it impossible to identify a child as male or female.
Answer: B
Q2) Current recommendations suggest routine pap smears beginning at the age of 17.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) Who is most likely to experience secondary amenorrhea?
A) Jennifer, with underdeveloped reproductive organs
B) Kristin, who is pregnant
C) Allison, who does not engage in regular exercise
D) Dani, who went through menopause last year
Answer: B
Q4) Define and differentiate amenorrhea,menorrhagia,and dysmenorrhea.
Answer: Not provided.
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Chapter 4: Male Sexual Anatomy, Development, and Health
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Q1) Sperm requires temperatures cooler than the body's temperature for viability.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Identify which cancer is most frequently diagnosed in men overall and describe early symptoms and treatment options.
Q3) Pre-ejaculatory fluid that many men experience during arousal is not able to contain sperm as it occurs prior to movement of the sperm from the vas deferens to the ejaculatory ducts.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Ejaculation and orgasm are linked so that a man cannot experience one without the other.
A)True
B)False
Q5) According to recent research,what is a risk factor for testicular cancer?
A) excessive caffeine use prior to puberty
B) frequent use of marijuana
C) infrequent ejaculation of less than once a month
D) use of anabolic-androgenic steroids
Q6) List three effects that decreasing levels of testosterone can have on men.
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Chapter 5: The Biology of Sex, Pregnancy, and Childbirth
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Q1) Discuss the reasons women are delaying pregnancy more often these days.What are the risks of delayed pregnancy? Be sure to cite specific findings from the text.
Q2) Miranda did not realize she could be pregnant until she was already 14 weeks along; however,when she took a home pregnancy test it was negative.What is one explanation for this?
A) hCG levels peak in the second and third month of pregnancy and then drop off to levels that might not be detected by a home pregnancy test.
B) By the 12th week of pregnancy, estrogen and progesterone have levelled off so differences in them are no longer detected by a home pregnancy test.
C) Home pregnancy tests are only able to detect changes in a woman's body related to pregnancy for the first six weeks of pregnancy.
D) She was using her early morning urine for the test which tends to be lower in concentration of pregnancy hormones.
Q3) Explain the process of conception,and describe how the human body is programmed to help pregnancy occur.Make sure to reference information from the text.
Q4) Identify four signs of pregnancy,and explain why they occur.
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Chapter 6: Contraception and Abortion
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Q1) Explain how progestin-only methods of contraception work.Identify two progestin-only contraceptive methods.Discuss the effectiveness rates,advantages and disadvantages to each.
Q2) Which of the following is NOT a way that emergency contraception works to prevent pregnancy?
A) inhibits ovulation
B) thickens cervical mucus
C) makes endometrium less hospitable for implantation
D) causes a fertilized egg to be reabsorbed into the body
Q3) In the 1800s and early 1900s,doctors were the primary ones to provide information about contraception to women and men.
A)True
B)False
Q4) How do the newer methods of female sterilization (Essure and Adiana)differ from traditional tubal sterilization methods?
A) They are nonsurgical methods.
B) They are considered reversible.
C) They cause the ovaries to stop producing eggs.
D) They are temporary and have to be updated every 10 years.
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Chapter 7: Sexually Transmitted Infections and Hivaids
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Q1) Which group was most commonly affected by chlamydia in Canada between 1999 and 2008?
A) women under 30
B) women aged 31 to 40
C) men under 30
D) men aged 31 to 40
Q2) What happened when the first identified cases of HIV were gay men and intravenous drug users?
A) People assumed gay men also used drugs.
B) People became more compassionate towards the gay population.
C) Scientists overlooked the high rates of infection in the lesbian community.
D) As many as one out of every five people believed that those infected with HIV got what they deserved.
Q3) Women are at greater risk for long-term complications from STIs.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Identify the different categories of sexually transmitted infections.Give two examples for each category along with a brief description (i.e.,incidence rates,symptoms,treatment options).You do not need to include HIV/AIDS.
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Chapter 8: Gender Development, Gender Roles, and
Gender Identity
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Q1) Sexual differentiation of the genitals begins earlier in pregnancy than sexual differentiation of the brain.
A)True
B)False
Q2) When we say to a little boy "Look how strong you are," and we say to a little girl "Your dress is so pretty," we are interacting based on categories we have deeply engrained related to masculinity and femininity.What theory attributes much of our gender role development to these ways of thinking?
A) social learning theory
B) evolutionary theory
C) gender schema theory
D) feminist theory
Q3) Some people who have sex reassignment surgery are not transsexual.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Define androgyny and give two examples of androgynous behaviour.
Q5) Differentiate among transgenderism,transsexualism,gender dysphoria,and asexuality.
Q6) How do gender roles affect satisfaction with life in the senior years?
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Chapter 9: Sexual Orientation
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Q1) What conclusion is most likely to be reached based on evidence from studies of biological differences in sexual orientation?
A) Biological factors are much stronger for lesbians than for gay men.
B) Biology allows us to predict close to 90 percent of people who will be homosexual.
C) Biology probably interacts with social influences in predicting homosexuality.
D) Biology plays no role in influencing sexual orientation.
Q2) When was Everett Klippert labelled as dangerous sex offender?
A) 1940s
B) 1950s
C) 1960s
D) 1970s
Q3) Today's teens are coming out at earlier ages than during other times in history.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Lesbian women in the workforce earn more than their heterosexual female peers. A)True
B)False
Q5) Discuss issues that affect gay and lesbian immigrants in Canada
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Chapter 10: Childhood and Adolescent Sexuality
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Q1) About what percentage of Canadian students in grades 9-12 have engaged in sexual intercourse?
A) 25
B) 50
C) 65
D) 85
Q2) Which statement best describes the relationship between religion and sexual activity?
A) Religion has not been found to be a significant factor in delaying first intercourse.
B) Religious teens are more likely to have higher incidents of premarital sexual activity out of curiosity.
C) Once a teen begins engaging in sexual behaviours, the influence from religion has been found to have little impact on the frequency of sexual behaviours.
D) Religious teens are more likely to use contraception when they do become sexually active.
Q3) Teen pregnancy rates across Europe are about the same as in the Canada. A)True
B)False
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Chapter 11: Communication and Sexuality
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Q1) A research study asked men and women to report how they express their consent to engage in sex with a partner.What did most participants report?
A) Most said verbal things such as "Let's do it," "I want you bad," or "Let's have sex."
B) Most used non-verbal gestures such as pulling closer to the other person, changing body positioning, or reciprocating touch.
C) Men reported more verbal exchanges and women reported more nonverbal exchanges.
D) Most said nothing at all.
Q2) What is characteristic of individualistic cultures?
A) Individuals feel comfortable disclosing personal information to a variety of people.
B) Individuals feel less comfortable disclosing personal information to a variety of people.
C) Individuals emphasize the communication needs of everyone in the group equally.
D) Individuals emphasize the communication needs of others before their own.
Q3) Discuss research concerning pickup lines and their effectiveness.
Q4) Identify and explain two obstacles to sexual communication.
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Chapter 12: Love and Intimacy
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Q1) At what age is a child's attachment style typically established?
A) 3 months
B) 9 months
C) 2 years
D) 5 years
Q2) Which theory of love suggests that we are likely to fall in love with people whom we think have positive traits that will later be passed on to our children?
A) cognitive
B) proximity
C) evolutionary
D) physiological
Q3) Describe two problems discussed in the text that are related to measuring love.
Q4) In long lasting healthy relationships,the description of a couple's love for each other is not likely to vary over the span of their relationship.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Conjugal love is another name for companionate love.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 13: Adult Sexual Relationships
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Q1) Joe and Sharon have been married for 25 years.For the last five years they have chosen to no longer engage in sexual behaviours.What kind of marriage is this?
A) consensual marriage
B) asexual marriage
C) companionate marriage
D) celibate marriage
Q2) What type of polygamy may help keep land inheritances intact?
A) polygyny
B) bigamy
C) polyandry
D) polygyandry
Q3) What is NOT a typical characteristic of those who most often report being open to interracial dating?
A) politically liberal
B) younger
C) less religious
D) politically conservative
Q4) Discuss four different types of polygamy.
Q5) Compare and contrast men's and women's adjustment to divorce.
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Chapter 14: Variations of Sexual Expression
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Q1) Describe three sexual activities that have been made possible by advances in technology in the 20th and 21st centuries.
Q2) What is the colloquial term for all unconventional sexual behaviours?
A) fetish
B) paraphilia
C) kink
D) BDSM
Q3) In order to be considered asexual,a person cannot engage in masturbation.
A)True
B)False
Q4) What product was invented in order to help prevent masturbation?
A) the light bulb
B) breakfast cereal
C) the pocket watch
D) underwear
Q5) What is also known as "countenance"?
A) asexuality
B) celibacy
C) abstinence
D) intersexuality
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Chapter 15: Challenges to Sexual Functioning
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Q1) Patients tend to prefer the drug Cialis over Viagra because Cialis has a longer duration.
A)True
B)False
Q2) What term refers to the treatment in which the penis is gently stretched and medication to increase blood flow to the penis is introduced?
A) sensate focus
B) vacuum constriction
C) intracavernous injections
D) squeeze technique
Q3) What is the most common sexual problem affecting men?
A) hypersexuality
B) erectile disorder
C) priapism
D) early (premature) ejaculation
Q4) Progesterone is the primary hormone responsible for sexual desire in both males and females.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 16: Harmful and Antisocial Sexual Expression
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Q1) What term refers to a person who becomes sexually aroused primarily from watching others naked or engaging in sex?
A) voyeur
B) hyposexual
C) exhibitionist
D) necrophiliac
Q2) Sexual behaviours are usually categorized as normal or abnormal based on the current scientific research findings of that time period.
A)True
B)False
Q3) A reverend who has been very vocal about his opposition to same-sex marriage is found to have had the same gay lover for 10 years.What type of sex scandal is this?
A) hypocrisy
B) breach-of-trust
C) illicit sex
D) harassment/coercion
Q4) Define a paraphilia and explain the essential features of a paraphilia as determine by the DSM.
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Chapter 17: Power and Sexual Coercion
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Q1) Which statement best describes the relationship between female athletes and attitudes about sexual assault?
A) They believe they have a lower risk of being sexually assaulted than do nonathletes, and they are more likely to hold sympathetic attitudes for victims of sexual assault.
B) They believe they have a lower risk of being sexual assaulted than do nonathletes, and they are more likely to hold victim-blaming attitudes.
C) They believe they have a greater risk of being sexual assaulted than do nonathletes, and they are more likely to hold victim-blaming attitudes.
D) They believe they have the same risk of being sexual assaulted as nonathletes, and do not differ in their victim blaming attitudes.
Q2) What age group do most sexual assault perpetrators fall into?
A) 15-20
B) 20-25
C) 25-30
D) 30-45
Q3) Explain three factors that describe why there is no single definition of sexual assault.
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Chapter 18: Sexual Imagery and Selling Sex
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Q1) Using Latin to describe sexual acts is an example of paternalistic behaviour among the educated upper classes in 18th and 19th century Europe.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Early debates toward pornography were about books and modern debates focus on images and movies.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Pornography is defined not by content but by whether it is intended to arouse.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The male lion that accompanies a statue of Queen Victoria on Parliament Hill is anatomically complete.
A)True
B)False
Q5) The Hays Code was devised to set guidelines for pornographic films.
A)True
B)False
Q6) Discuss the link between sexual abuse and female sex work.
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