Exam 2: Theoretical Perspectives on Sexuality

A therapist uses a schedule of immediate rewards and punishments for appropriate and inappropriate sexual arousal to images on a screen.What type of therapy is the therapist using?

What are the stages of personality development as put forth by Freud? Briefly define each and discuss the implications for each gender.

When a person imagines how he/she is viewed from another person's perspective this is called

On a first date with someone,males are often portrayed as being proactive and being the one to pick up the female,while the female is portrayed as being reactive and being the one who is picked up.These are examples of:

Which of the following is NOT crucial to understanding human sexuality according to cognitive psychologists?

Jody's first serious girlfriend often would wear lycra workout shorts when "serious" sexual intimacies were on the agenda in the back seat of his car.Now whenever he sees a female attired in the same way,he feels sexually aroused.Jody's reaction is an example of

Which theoretical formulation has been criticized for an over-emphasis on reproduction?

Which of the following is most consistent with operant conditioning?

Which of the following is NOT a Sexual Offence in the Criminal Code of Canada?

What do sociobiologists believe that human sexual behaviours are primarily the result of?

Pair-bonding and attachment increase reproductive success.Which example illustrates these mechanisms?

Which of the following is NOT a feminist critique of how Freud viewed women's psychosocial development?

Martha is doing her PhD,with a central focus on Sexuality.What theory would she most likely be influenced by?

Which of the following is a sexual strategy which would be considered an effective evolutionary psychological mechanism?

Food is a __________ reinforcer,and sex is a ________ reinforcer.

The theorists/researchers who believe that all or almost all of our adult sexual behaviour is determined by our childhood experiences use which of the following approaches?

How does evolutionary psychology differ from sociobiology? What are the key processes for each?

Describe the major change made to Canadian criminal law in 1969 and identify the Prime Minister supporting these changes.

Using a sociological approach,briefly discuss the different levels of analysis of a society and their focus on sexuality.

A teacher wants to use the concept of self-efficacy when she teaches her class on condom use.Which activity should she incorporate?