Exam 11: Gender and Human Sexuality

Telling derogatory jokes about homosexuality and/or avoiding any behavior that might be interpreted as "homosexual" may be examples of _____.

_____ is the term for negative attitudes toward someone based on his or her sexual orientation (regardless of their sexual orientation).

_____ refers to the psychological and sociocultural meanings added to the biological state of being male or female.

All other factors being equal, which of the following persons is MOST likely to acquire an HIV infection?

Your textbook defines a sexual dysfunction as _____.

Which of the following is NOT emphasized in Masters and Johnson's model for sexual therapy?

Your friend Mario asks you why his wife does not get sexually aroused when her doctor checks her breasts for cancer, but becomes easily aroused when Mario performs the same "procedure" on her breasts. The BEST answer would be that Mario's wife is probably _____.

are at greater risk for many STIs.

What is androgyny? How is it adaptive?

Havelock Ellis used _____ to study human sexuality.

Kinsey and his associates used the _____ method to study human sexuality.

Viewing one's own ethnic group (or culture) as central and "correct," and judging the rest of the world according to this standard, is known as _____.

An irrational fear of homosexuality, in others or in oneself, is known as _____.

During earlier times, it was believed that _____ led to blindness, impotence, acne, and insanity; while _____ caused brain damage and death.

Your self-identification as either a man or woman is called your _____.

Which of the following sexual dysfunctions is MOST likely to have an organic cause?

List and describe the major physiological changes that occur in each stage of Masters and Johnson's model of sexual arousal. State the role of the parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous systems in this process.

Strong emotions trigger the _____ nervous system, which can interfere with your ability to achieve sexual _____.

This is NOT in Masters and Johnson's sexual response cycle.

According to Masters and Johnson, a woman experiencing a leveling off of high arousal, a tightening of the vaginal opening, an expansion of the upper third of the vagina, and increasing sexual tension is in the _____ phase of sexual arousal.