Psychology of Human Sexuality Pre-Test Questions
Course Introduction
This course explores the psychological foundations of human sexuality, examining the biological, cognitive, emotional, and sociocultural factors that influence sexual development and behavior. Topics include sexual identity and orientation, sexual health, gender roles, romantic relationships, attraction, media influences, and variations in sexual expression. By integrating contemporary research with real-world examples, students will gain a comprehensive understanding of how psychological principles apply to sexual attitudes, experiences, and wellbeing across diverse populations.
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Understanding Human Sexuality 7th Canadian by Janet Hyde
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Chapter 1: Sexuality in Perspective
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Q1) Select the BEST definition of ethnocentrism.
A)tendency to think the norms and behaviour of one's own society are the only "natural" ones
B)sexual repression
C)an ethnic group which does not have contact with any other ethnic groups
D)fear of change
Answer: A
Q2) Cross-cultural studies of human sexual behaviour have shown that A)culture has a profound impact on sexual expression.
B)human sexual behaviour is primarily determined by biological makeup.
C)societies are evolving in their attitudes towards a more Western outlook on sexuality.
D)in general societies are becoming more sexually permissive.
Answer: A
Q3) Some conservative Christians still use the Bible
A)to justify homosexuality.
B)to justify sexual pleasure.
C)to condemn homosexuality.
D)to condemn pleasure.
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: Theoretical Perspectives on Sexuality
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Q1) Sociobiology has been criticized since the 1980s for embracing an outmoded and naïve version of evolutionary theory.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) What term did Freud use to describe the sex drive?
A)evolution
B)libido
C)thanatos
D)evolutionary imperative
Answer: B
Q3) Which is NOT one of Freud's important contributions to sexuality?
A)Making sex something the public could talk about.
B)Showing that sex was an appropriate topic for scientific research.
C)Showing that sex is a natural and inseparable part of human life.
D)His identification of the latency period of childhood.
Answer: D
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Chapter 3: Sex Research
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Q1) What can correlational studies tell us?
A)That certain factors are related.
B)What causes various aspects of sexual behaviour.
C)How to change behaviour.
D)The impact of interrelated factors on a behaviour.
Answer: A
Q2) A dependent variable is the manipulating variable.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) How many federal agencies were involved in the creation of the Tri-Council Policy Statement: Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans?
A)Two
B)Three
C)Four
D)Five
Answer: B
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Chapter 4: Sexual Anatomy
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Q1) According to a report by the World Health Organization globally 30 percent of males over the age of 15 are circumcised.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The layer of the uterus that is sloughed off during menstruation and creates most of the menstrual discharge is the _____.
A)endometrium
B)myometrium
C)exometrium
D)perimetrium
Q3) The most extreme form of female genital cutting (FGC)involves the removal of the clitoris,all of the inner lips,and part of the outer lips.The remaining parts of the outer lips are then stitched together.This form of FGC is called _____.
A)ovariotomy
B)excision
C)infibulation
D)clitoridectomy
Q4) Describe the stages of spermatogenesis.
Q5) Briefly describe the different types of female genital cutting (FGC).
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Chapter 5: Sex Hormones, Sexual Differentiation, and Menstruation
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Q1) A major new study in 2015 reported evidence of epigenetic,which refers to a functional change to DNA that does not alter the genetic code itself,but leads to changes in gene expression.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of the following manufactures estrogen and progesterone?
A)Ovaries
B)Testes
C)Pituitary gland
D)Hypothalamus
Q3) Describe the role of the Müllerian ducts and the Wolffian ducts in the female and the male,respectively.
Q4) The region of the brain that secretes GnRH,the gonadotropin-releasing hormone,is the:
A)hypothalamus.
B)pituitary.
C)medulla.
D)hippocampus.
Q6) Discuss the biological and psychological cycles that are present in men. Page 7
Q5) Do women's moods change over the menstrual cycle? Explain your choice of answer.
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Chapter 6: Conception, Pregnancy, and Childbirth
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Q1) Which part of the embryo differentiates into the nervous system and the skin?
A)Mesoderm
B)Ectoderm
C)Endoderm
D)Periderm
Q2) In a normal pregnancy,the fetus turns in the uterus to assume a head-down position during which month?
A)First
B)Third
C)Fourth
D)Seventh
Q3) _____ refers to a woman's inability to conceive or a man's inability to impregnate a woman.
A)Eclampsia
B)Pseudocyesis
C)Infertility
D)Edema
Q4) Discuss the three stages of labour briefly.
Q5) How are the different signs of pregnancy classified? Give examples of each classification.
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Chapter 7: Contraception and Abortion
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Q1) Discuss the male condom and the diaphragm in terms of their effectiveness,side effects and frequency of use.Which one do you think is better and why?
Q2) Providing contraception has focused primarily upon contraceptive methods for women rather than for men.
A)True
B)False
Q3) How do the contraceptive sponge and cervical caps differ?
A)They are both inserted.
B)They both work as barriers.
C)They both contain a spermicide.
D)Their concave shape.
Q4) What is the major means of contraception used by Greek men and women today?
A)Sterilization.
B)The condom.
C)The rhythm method.
D)Withdrawal.
Q5) Why are there different methods of contraception? Why doesn't everyone just use the most effective method?
Q6) Compare the ways estrogen and progestin provide their contraceptive effects.
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Chapter 8: Sexually Transmitted Infections
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Q1) Which of the following is NOT used to treat syphilis?
A)penicillin
B)doxycycline
C)tetracycline
D)betablockers
Q2) Which description is not a long-term consequence of herpes?
A)Scarring of the urethra.
B)Meningitis.
C)Increased susceptibility to HIV.
D)Hepatitis B.
Q3) In Canada,Indigenous population have poor access to HIV testing and prevention programs,factors that contribute to an increasing rate of HIV.
A)True
B)False
Q4) What is small,cauliflower growths on the genitals symptoms of?
A)genital warts
B)genital herpes
C)gonorrhea
D)pubic lice
Q5) Summarize the recent research on the prevention,treatment and cure of HIV/AIDS.
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Chapter 9: Sexual Arousal
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Q1) Let's say that we were to become unobtrusive observers of a couple engaged in sexual stimulation.We notice the frenulum of a male is being stimulated by his partner using a teasing technique which brings him close to orgasm.This technique is done repeatedly.We are probably observing
A)a heterosexual couple who do not have children.
B)a heterosexual couple who do have children.
C)a gay couple.
D)a lesbian couple.
Q2) How does two-person sex work for men and women? Show similarities as well as differences.
Q3) Due to the similarities between the clitoris and penis,the techniques involved in male and female masturbation are almost identical.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Carpopedal spasms occur during which phase?
A)excitement
B)plateau
C)orgasm
D)resolution
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Chapter 10: Sexuality and the Life Cycle: Childhood and Adolescence
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Q1) Discuss the characteristics of the sexual encounters and experiences of the infant (age 0-2).
Q2) Some children first learn about heterosexual behaviour by primal scene experience.
A)True
B)False
Q3) A higher percentage of boys than girls in grade 7 have engaged in sexual behaviours (including open-mouthed kissing and touching below the waist).By grade 11 the percentages are
A)reversed;more girls than boys have engaged in sexual behaviours.
B)approximately equal.
C)the same for kissing,but many more boys have engaged in oral sex.
D)the same for oral sex,but many more boys report engaged in sexual intercourse.
Q4) When young children (aged 3-7)view someone having sexual intercourse,such as their parents,they are traumatized severely for the rest of their lives if they do not receive some sort of counselling.
A)True
B)False
Q5) What kinds of sexual activities are typical of a small child aged 5 to 7? Give examples.
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Chapter 11: Sexuality and the Life Cycle: Adulthood
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Q1) According to According to the 2016 census approximately what percentage of common-law couples have children living in the home?
A)24
B)34
C)44
D)64
Q2) Leslie feels that she does not get as much attention from her partner as she gives.As a result she is now having an affair to balance "the score." This is an example of _________ in practice.
A)romantic infidelity
B)open swinging
C)open marriage
D)equity theory
Q3) According to Bibby (2006),approximately what percentage of single Canadians have intercourse at least once a week?
A)5
B)15
C)42
D)70
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Chapter 12: Attraction, Love, and Communication
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Q1) Worldwide,heterosexual women place more importance on the resources of the man than on the man's cues of reproductive capacity.
A)True
B)False
Q2) If love is a story as some researchers suggest,when we fall in love
A)we do so with someone who helps to create a relationship that fits our story.
B)Stories have relatively little to do with how the relationship will ultimately develop.
C)we create our own individual love story which is not patterned after the love stories found in our culture.
D)we usually follow the one and only true love story which we have chosen from a number of alternatives in our culture.
Q3) In which of the following societies would an individual be quite willing to marry someone whom they do not love?
A)Australia
B)India
C)Mexico
D)Japan
Q4) Briefly define Sternberg's three components of love.
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Chapter 13: Gender and Sexuality
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Q1) Discuss the kinds of personal and societal issues with which the transsexual must deal after the operation.
Q2) Androgen therapy for female-to-male transsexuals has the consequence of
A)reducing the size of the clitoris.
B)causing the clitoris to become more erectile.
C)causing the development of breasts.
D)reshaping the pelvis to being more male-like.
Q3) Which one of the following is an example of a "third gender"?
A)Twoneat of California
B)Gaylords of Britain
C)Hijras of India
D)Tamarind of Indonesia
Q4) Both having __________ and _________ are considered important aspects of the female role and indicators of success for women in English-speaking Caribbean communities in Canada.
A)a job;a car
B)a male partner;a child
C)a male partner;a job
D)a child;a career
Q5) Discuss the transsexual process and operation for the female-to-male.
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Chapter 14: Sexual Orientation and Identity: Gay, Lesbian,
Straight, or Asexual
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Q1) Which of the following is NOT a way to prevent and reduce anti-gay prejudice,discrimination and violence as described in the text?
A)Safe space projects.
B)Strong programs of sex education that include sexual orientation.
C)Workshops to provide.
D)Making a joke out of it.
Q2) Measuring the percentage of a population that is gay,lesbian,or bisexual is relatively easy resulting in very accurate statistics.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which of the following is associated with better mental health in LGB youth?
A)higher intelligence
B)being bisexual
C)social support from friends and family
D)access to mental health professionals
Q4) Define the terms sexual orientation,homosexual,bisexual,gay,lesbian,straight.
Q5) Answer as best you can the question,"How many people are gay,lesbian,bi or straight?"
Q6) Discuss the functions and process of ritualized homosexuality in Melanesia.
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Chapter 15: Variations in Sexual Behaviour
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Q1) In developing a program to prevent abnormal sexual behaviour,you want to ensure that you include both primary and secondary intervention components.Of the following ideas,which ones would you select?
A)parent workshops about fostering healthy attachments with their children;teaching social and relationship skills to a group of at-risk youth
B)clinics to prescribe psychopharmacotherapy;cognitive behaviour therapy
C)teaching police how to identify a suspicious person;Internet task forces
D)develop networks of people interested in sexual variety;create parties for people with common sexual interests
Q2) What percent of university women have been victimized by exhibitionists?
A)one-third
B)one-half
C)three-quarters
D)almost all
Q3) In ________,the feces are important to sexual gratification.
A)coprophilia
B)urophilia
C)messyphilia
D)saliromania
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Chapter 16: Sexual Coercion
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Q1) Cassandra is 13 and her boyfriend Greg is 18.They have been together since Cassandra was 12,about a year.Until recently,their sexual activity involved making out with a little over-the-clothes breast fondling.Recently,Cassandra has become worried that Greg is more interested in sex and will leave her if they don't become more sexual.So she has initiated more sexual contact,and skin-on-skin contact.Tonight,she plans to have sex with Greg.Cassandra and Greg's behaviour is A)typical of teens their age.
B)illegal in Canada.
C)something that would have been illegal in Canada in the past but isn't anymore. D)legal because they are dating but would be illegal if they were not.
Q2) Men who are sexually aggressive tend to be repeat sex offenders.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Adult male victims/survivors of sexual assault are blamed more harshly for this victimization compared to female victims/survivors.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Describe what friends need to do to help a sexual assault victim.
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Chapter 17: Sex for Sale
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Q1) These Internet groups provide a location where individuals can meet and carry on live conversations electronically:
A)news groups
B)commercial bulletin boards
C)chat rooms
D)3-D rooms
Q2) A study investigating the well-being of sex workers found that those with the worst level of well-being tended to
A)have entered prostitution out of a sense of adventure of doing something different.
B)use sex with multiple partners as therapy.
C)work independently.
D)be working the streets or windows.
Q3) Your text explains the ______ in the percent of males patronizing sex workers between 1948 and 1992 as a likely side-effect of _______.
A)increase;Viagra usage
B)increase;increased divorce rates
C)decrease;increased non-marital and casual sex
D)decrease;decreased numbers of sex-workers
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Chapter 18: Sexual Disorders and Sex Therapy
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Q1) The text provides some principles of good sexual mental health tops to follow.Identify and describe them/
Q2) The most common of the disorders among men who seek sex therapy is A)erectile disorder.
B)inhibited ejaculation.
C)being sexually challenged as a result of libido decline.
D)rapid ejaculation.
Q3) The lay term "frigidity" is rejected by sex therapists because it has derogatory connotations and is imprecise.They prefer to call it all of the following EXCEPT
A)orgasmic dysfunction
B)anorgasmia
C)inhibited female orgasm
D)retarded orgasm
Q4) In the most common version of male orgasmic disorder,the man
A)orgasms as a result of hand or mouth stimulation but not during intercourse.
B)cannot orgasm as a result of oral stimulation.
C)cannot orgasm with hand stimulation.
D)orgasms during intercourse only.
Q5) Distinguish between lifelong and acquired sexual disorders.Give an example.
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Chapter 19: Sexuality Education
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Q1) When did the focus of sex education shift from pregnancy prevention to AIDS and other STIs?
A)in the 1960s
B)in the 1970s
C)in the 1980s
D)in the 1990s
Q2) Which of the following is a guideline by SIECCAN for parents when talking to their children about sex?
A)plan ahead
B)be proactive
C)answer all questions accurately
D)All of these answers are correct.
Q3) Sexual orientation education should include:
A)LGBT students need to see themselves represented throughout the curriculum.
B)Schools need to be supportive of LGBT teachers.
C)All schools need to be proactive in establishing a gay-positive environment.
D)All of these choices are correct.
Q4) Is it best for children to receive sexual health education in their home,at school,or somewhere else? Why?
Q5) Discuss the "ideal" sex curriculum from the student point of view.
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Chapter 20: Ethics, Religion, and Sexuality
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Q1) Humanism and its view toward sexuality is basically a subset of the Roman Catholic view of sex.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Why are the writings of St.Thomas Aquinas important for the Roman Catholic Church of today? (What were his writings and what are the views of the Church today on his writings?)
Q3) HIV/AIDS has raised some interesting ethical questions for religious individuals and communities in Canada with the result that
A)there is widespread acceptance of the main two victim populations of homosexuals and intravenous drug users.
B)a major ethical conflict centres upon the dignity and the autonomy of the individual (victim).
C)there is real concern about the financial cost of AIDS borne by churches.
D)the Roman Catholic Church in America has come out in favour of the use of condoms creating a rift between the American Catholic Church and Rome.
Q4) What is humanism? Has this field of thought influenced present day thinking of Christianity?
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