Exam 2: Understanding Human Sexuality: Theory and Research

What best describes the most recent U.S. approach to sex research?

All of the following statements are true of the 1990's National Health and Social Life Survey (NHSLS), EXCEPT:

Freud is to case study as Masters and Johnson are to:

What was the primary focus of sexual research in the 19th century?

A case study is a set of assumptions, principles, and methods that help a researcher understand the nature of the phenomenon being studied.

Identify and discuss two findings from Marshall and Suggs' large-scale cross-cultural study of sexuality, one of the largest cultural studies ever done on sexuality.

Which researcher sought a medical degree primarily to study sexuality and reported that homosexuality and masturbation were not abnormal?

Which of the following best fits the findings of cross-cultural studies?

Identify the advantages and disadvantages of using interviews and questionnaires in sexuality-related research.

Who was the first researcher to ask Americans about their sexual behavior, finding in his/her study that most of the U.S. women surveyed thought sexual intercourse was for pleasure and reproduction?

In his studies from the 1950s, Kinsey found that the majority of heterosexual couples only had sex in the missionary style.

Explain how the Internet can be used in sexuality research. What are some of the specific benefits and drawbacks of this method?

List two sexuality researchers discussed in your text and explain two contributions to the field of sexuality made by each of them.

A university student spent hours answering hundreds of questions asked by an interviewer. The questions were easy to understand and the student was assured all responses would remain confidential. The student might have been a participant in a study done by which researcher(s)?

Masters and Johnson gathered sexuality data primarily through case studies.