Exam 2: Theoretical Perspectives on Sexuality

A young man is surfing the Internet for sexually explicit images.As he scans the images,he begins to get an erection.He comes across a website that shows adults dressed like cartoon characters engaged in oral sex.He thinks to himself "arg,that's weird and perverted." He instantly loses his sexual arousal.This scenario demonstrates which theory?

A weakness of Freud's theory of psychosocial development was his belief that not much happened sexually during the

Apply the principles of social learning theory to how males in Melanesia live as homosexuals for a decade and then thereafter live as heterosexuals.

Sociobiology has been criticized since the 1980s for embracing an outmoded and naïve version of evolutionary theory.

Young boys living in Melanesia are forced to perform fellatio on an enemy boy in the dark after being exhausted in initiation rites.This reduces the erotic effects of homosexual behaviour and is an example of

Which is the FIRST behaviour in most people's sexual scripts?

Which statement BEST describes the medicalization of sexuality in the 21^stcentury?

Which of the following is a criticism of Symbolic Interaction Theory?

Professor Jones is studying the sexual behaviour of a heterosexual couple.She is interested in how the behaviour of this couple evolved and how it is similar to the behaviour she observed last week in the monkeys in her backyard.The concept expressed here is part of which approach?

Social exchange theory sees social relationships as exchanges of goods and services between people.

You are on a number of student committees at your University/College which has put you in the position of volunteering at back-to-back events during orientation.You have just finished running a sexuality education booth where you were demonstrating proper condom use techniques and are now setting up a booth for international students.Your co-volunteer arrives to help you with the booth and,in an enthusiastic manner,grabs a coloured condom that was hanging out of your pocket,and begins to blow it up like a balloon.You burst out laughing but your colleague looks at you in complete confusion.Which is the BEST description of how symbolic interaction theory might describe what has taken place?

Sam and Jodi just finished a night at the movies together.After having a coffee at the local café,Sam walks Jodi home.As they say goodnight,to Jodi's surprise,Sam leans in for a kiss.In terms of symbolic interaction theory,Jodi and Sam have

Neuropsychoanalysis research has provided support for Freud's theories by showing that

A married man who refrains from flirting with a female in front of his wife is being guided by which of the following?

According to schema theory,seeing pictures of little boys playing with dolls is information that is called

Professor Jones is studying a heterosexual couple's sexual behaviour.She is interested in how the psychological mechanisms they used in choosing each other were shaped by natural selection.What approach is she using?

Which component of the personality operates on the reality principle?

Which statement describes sexual behaviour and the institution of medicine?

Which theory explains relationships in terms of rewards and cost?

At around two years old,parents typically potty train their children.In Freud's view,this behaviour is an example of what stage of development?