Psych 230 WSU Exam 1 Blythe UPDATED
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Sex - CORRECT ANSWER Refers to sexual anatomy and sexual behavior
Gender - CORRECT ANSWER Refers to the state of being male, female, etc.
Sexual Behavior - CORRECT ANSWER Produces an arousal and increases chance of orgasm.
Where do we learn about sexuality ? - CORRECT ANSWER The media: Cultivation, Agenda
setting, social learning
Religion: Pointed knowledge about sexuality
Sex Researchers
Cross cultural Perspectives - different In many ways: - CORRECT ANSWER Traditional ideas
and values transmitted to a group which influence patterns of behavior.
Ethnocentrism - CORRECT ANSWER - Tendency to regard one's own culture as superior
- Belief that its own customs are the standard by which other cultures should be judged.
Sexual Health Perspective - CORRECT ANSWER Social and political movement that is
gaining momentum worldwide.
Including sexual rights
Theoretical Perspective - CORRECT ANSWER a set of assumptions about an area of study
accepted as true
Evolutionary Perspective - CORRECT ANSWER perspective that focuses on the biological
bases of universal mental characteristics that all humans share
, Natural Selection - CORRECT ANSWER A process in nature resulting in greater rates of
survival of those plants and animals that are adapted to their environment.
Sexual Selection - CORRECT ANSWER Selection that creates differences between males and
females. 2 processes: 1) competition among members of one gender for mating access to members of
the other gender 2) Preferential choice by members of one gender.
Freud's Psychoanalytic theory - CORRECT ANSWER Focus on the influences of early
childhood
Emphasis on unconscious motives/conflicts
Primary focus on sexual and aggressive urges
Libido - CORRECT ANSWER Sex drive or sex energy, one of two major forces motivating
human behavior.
Thanatos - CORRECT ANSWER The death instinct
Id - CORRECT ANSWER Operates on the pleasure principle
Ego - CORRECT ANSWER Operateson the reality principle and tries to keep the id in line
Superego - CORRECT ANSWER Conscience and operates on idealism
Stages of psychosexual development - CORRECT ANSWER 1. Oral Stage (Birth to age 1)
2. Anal Stage (Age 2)
3. Phallic Stage (Ages 3 to 5)
4. Latency Stage (Age 6 to puberty)
5. Genital Stage (Puberty)
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ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Sex - CORRECT ANSWER Refers to sexual anatomy and sexual behavior
Gender - CORRECT ANSWER Refers to the state of being male, female, etc.
Sexual Behavior - CORRECT ANSWER Produces an arousal and increases chance of orgasm.
Where do we learn about sexuality ? - CORRECT ANSWER The media: Cultivation, Agenda
setting, social learning
Religion: Pointed knowledge about sexuality
Sex Researchers
Cross cultural Perspectives - different In many ways: - CORRECT ANSWER Traditional ideas
and values transmitted to a group which influence patterns of behavior.
Ethnocentrism - CORRECT ANSWER - Tendency to regard one's own culture as superior
- Belief that its own customs are the standard by which other cultures should be judged.
Sexual Health Perspective - CORRECT ANSWER Social and political movement that is
gaining momentum worldwide.
Including sexual rights
Theoretical Perspective - CORRECT ANSWER a set of assumptions about an area of study
accepted as true
Evolutionary Perspective - CORRECT ANSWER perspective that focuses on the biological
bases of universal mental characteristics that all humans share
, Natural Selection - CORRECT ANSWER A process in nature resulting in greater rates of
survival of those plants and animals that are adapted to their environment.
Sexual Selection - CORRECT ANSWER Selection that creates differences between males and
females. 2 processes: 1) competition among members of one gender for mating access to members of
the other gender 2) Preferential choice by members of one gender.
Freud's Psychoanalytic theory - CORRECT ANSWER Focus on the influences of early
childhood
Emphasis on unconscious motives/conflicts
Primary focus on sexual and aggressive urges
Libido - CORRECT ANSWER Sex drive or sex energy, one of two major forces motivating
human behavior.
Thanatos - CORRECT ANSWER The death instinct
Id - CORRECT ANSWER Operates on the pleasure principle
Ego - CORRECT ANSWER Operateson the reality principle and tries to keep the id in line
Superego - CORRECT ANSWER Conscience and operates on idealism
Stages of psychosexual development - CORRECT ANSWER 1. Oral Stage (Birth to age 1)
2. Anal Stage (Age 2)
3. Phallic Stage (Ages 3 to 5)
4. Latency Stage (Age 6 to puberty)
5. Genital Stage (Puberty)
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