Question 1

Which of the following statements describes the Australian Study of Health and Relationships (ASHR)?

Accepted Answer

A) It found that the age of first intercourse had declined over the last several decades. 
B) Its sample comprised men and women aged between 18 and 65 across the country. 
C) It used the face-to-face interviewing method. 
D) It had a very low response rate of only 37 per cent.

Question 2

The _____ was led by Anne Johnson and yielded data from men and women living in England,Wales,and Scotland.

Accepted Answer

A) National Survey of Sexual Health and Behavior (NSSH
B)  
B) National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles (NATSAL) 
C) National Health and Social Life Survey (NHSLS) 
D) Australian Study of Health and Relationships (ASHR)

Question 3

Howard lives in Australia.He wants to study the sexual behaviour of students in private colleges in the United States.Which of the following would be the best and most convenient method of data collection for Howard?

Accepted Answer

A) Direct observation 
B) Magazine survey 
C) Web-based survey 
D) Face-to-face interview

Question 4

When Masters and Johnson made follow-up contacts with the participants what did they discover?

Accepted Answer

A) Most participants had developed sexual disorders. 
B) Most participants were experiencing severe levels of stress and anxiety. 
C) The participants had not developed any sexual disorders. 
D) The participants felt that taking part in the research had a detrimental effect on their marriages.

Question 5

Studies have frequently shown that Asian-Americans residing in America are sexually more conservative than any other sub-group of the American population.You want to find out whether there is any change toward sexual permissiveness in this group by studying premarital sex among Asian-American adolescents and young adults.Considering the sensitive nature of this topic,you have chosen self-report questionnaires as the mode of data collection.How would you maximize the reliability of the data you are collecting?

Accepted Answer

The answer of Studies have frequently shown that Asian-Americans residing...

Question 6

Graphs of _____ always begin in the lower left-hand corner and move toward the upper right-hand corner.

Accepted Answer

A) cumulative incidence 
B) correlation 
C) frequency 
D) causal inferences

Question 7

_____ refers to a type of research study in which one variable is manipulated by the researcher,while all the other factors are held constant.

Accepted Answer

A) An experiment 
B) Content analysis 
C) Ethnography 
D) A correlational study

Question 8

Which of the following is the most common method for measuring sexuality?

Accepted Answer

A) Eye tracking 
B) Implicit Association Test 
C) Self-reports 
D) Pupil dilation

Question 9

A study aims to research the sexuality of closeted homosexuals.Obtaining a sample is problematic because participants would require a high degree of anonymity.Identify the type of data collection that would be most suitable for this study.

Accepted Answer

A) Direct observation 
B) Web-based survey 
C) Implicit Association Test 
D) Face-to-face interview

Question 10

The term correlation is the percentage of people giving a particular response.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

The findings of a research study on the sexual habits of adolescents are printed in a medical journal along with the names of those who participated in the study.In ethical terms,this study has violated the:

Accepted Answer

A) principle of informed consent. 
B) principle of protection from harm. 
C) cost-benefit principle. 
D) justice principle.

Question 12

Which of the following methods of data gathering allow the researcher to make causal inferences?

Accepted Answer

A) Interviews 
B) Questionnaires 
C) Participant observations 
D) Experiments

Question 13

A questionnaire for a sex study asks the respondents the total number of sexual partners they have had in their lives.Although John has only had sex with a single partner,John lists the total as ten.This is an example of _____.

Accepted Answer

A) enlargement 
B) concealment 
C) causal inference 
D) implicit association

Question 14

What was Masters and Johnson's major breakthrough?

Accepted Answer

A) They managed to get participants from different races making it a fairly representative sample. 
B) Huge sums of money were paid to their participants. 
C) There was no promise of confidentiality made to the participants. 
D) Their participants engage in sexual activity in the laboratory.

Question 15

What is the most difficult part of the sampling procedure in sex research?

Accepted Answer

A) Contacting the people identified in the sample. 
B) Getting the people in the sample to participate. 
C) Adopting a method for obtaining the sample. 
D) Identifying the population to be sampled.

Question 16

One of the major flaws of Masters and Johnson research was that were not careful to use informed consent.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

_____ technique is the term for the type of study in which the researcher becomes a part of the community being studied and thus observes it from the inside.

Accepted Answer

A) Random survey 
B) Clinical observation 
C) Participant-observer 
D) Experimental

Question 18

Informed consent in research means that participants:

Accepted Answer

A) sign a confidentiality form. 
B) do not have the right to be told the purpose of the research. 
C) are entitled to anonymity of their response. 
D) have the right to know what they will be asked to do.

Question 19

No large-scale comprehensive Canadian sex survey has ever been done.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Informed consent and protection from harm in sexual research are best described as:

Accepted Answer

A) ways to ensure that your study is valid. 
B) ways to ensure that your study will be reliable and accurate. 
C) unwarranted principles in a cost-benefit approach. 
D) ethical standards for conducting research on sexuality.

Exam 3: Sex Research

Which of the following statements describes the Australian Study of Health and Relationships (ASHR) ?

The _____ was led by Anne Johnson and yielded data from men and women living in England,Wales,and Scotland.

Howard lives in Australia.He wants to study the sexual behaviour of students in private colleges in the United States.Which of the following would be the best and most convenient method of data collection for Howard?

When Masters and Johnson made follow-up contacts with the participants what did they discover?

Graphs of _____ always begin in the lower left-hand corner and move toward the upper right-hand corner.

_____ refers to a type of research study in which one variable is manipulated by the researcher,while all the other factors are held constant.

Which of the following is the most common method for measuring sexuality?

A study aims to research the sexuality of closeted homosexuals.Obtaining a sample is problematic because participants would require a high degree of anonymity.Identify the type of data collection that would be most suitable for this study.

The term correlation is the percentage of people giving a particular response.

The findings of a research study on the sexual habits of adolescents are printed in a medical journal along with the names of those who participated in the study.In ethical terms,this study has violated the:

Which of the following methods of data gathering allow the researcher to make causal inferences?

A questionnaire for a sex study asks the respondents the total number of sexual partners they have had in their lives.Although John has only had sex with a single partner,John lists the total as ten.This is an example of _____.

What was Masters and Johnson's major breakthrough?

What is the most difficult part of the sampling procedure in sex research?

One of the major flaws of Masters and Johnson research was that were not careful to use informed consent.

_____ technique is the term for the type of study in which the researcher becomes a part of the community being studied and thus observes it from the inside.

Informed consent in research means that participants:

No large-scale comprehensive Canadian sex survey has ever been done.

Informed consent and protection from harm in sexual research are best described as: