Exam 10: Social Psychology

Recent studies have shown that cognitive differences between boys and girls ________.

Which is NOT one of the usual criticisms of Kinsey's methodologies?

One secondary male sex characteristic is ________.

Approximately ________ of HIV-positive women in Russia became infected through heterosexual contact with husbands or male lovers.

One seemingly amazing aspect of Masters and Johnson's research program concerning human sexual response was ________.

A person with both male and female sex organs is called intersexual.

When children observe their same-sex parents behaving in certain ways and imitate that behavior,a psychologist is most likely to use Freudian psychoanalysis to explain their behavior.

Channel is a 43 year old female who has been in sexual relationships with both men and women in the past.She is presently dating a 32 year old female and is thinking of moving to a state which legally recognizes marriage between two women.She is thinking of getting married to her partner,despite still admitting that she finds both men and women attractive.Channel is considered ________ in terms of her sexual orientation.

AIDS can be transmitted through ________.

If gender differences in cognition are decreasing,this is probably due to ________.

Countries such as the Netherlands,Germany,Italy,and England are more likely to have nontraditional views of gender.

Which female sex organ or process is present at birth?

Phyllis goes out on a date and kisses a young man.Later,she finds out that he has AIDS.She fears that she might get the disease.However,there is no scientific,documented proof of AIDS being passed to another through saliva.

The tendency of children to develop a mental pattern for being male or female in much the same way they develop other concepts,such as "dog," "bird," and "big," can best be explained by ________.

At the time Masters and Johnson did their groundbreaking research on sexual responses,society mostly thought that ________.

A gender stereotype is the term to describe the acceptance of positive stereotypes of males and females that leads to unequal treatment.

A person who is described as intersexed is ________.

Dante's penis has experienced contractions and is about to release semen.He is likely to be in the ________ stage of the sexual response cycle,according to Masters and Johnson.

When men and women view erotic pictures,the ________ are more strongly activated in men than women.

Margot is pregnant with her first child,and she is deliriously happy! She and her husband have some tests taken,but before the doctor can come in and review the results,Jim sneaks a peek at the file with the test results.He sees that the baby has "two X chromosomes." He looks at his wife and says: