FRHD 2100 Midterm ACTUAL Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Phallic Worship - CORRECT ANSWER - veneration of the penis as a symbol of
generative power
Phallic Symbol - CORRECT ANSWER - an object that represents the penis
Incest Taboo - CORRECT ANSWER - the prohibition against intercourse with close blood
relatives
Polygamy - CORRECT ANSWER - the practice of having two or more spouses at the
same time
Monogamy - CORRECT ANSWER - the practice of having only one spouse at a time
Pederasty - CORRECT ANSWER - sexual love between a man and a boy
Bisexual - CORRECT ANSWER - sexually responsive to either gender
Courtesan - CORRECT ANSWER - a prostitute especially the mistress of a noble of
wealthy man
Concubine - CORRECT ANSWER - a secondary wife, usually of inferior legal and social
status (usually slaves)
Sexologist - CORRECT ANSWER - a scientist who studies sexual behaviours
Copulation - CORRECT ANSWER - sexual intercourse
,Evolution - CORRECT ANSWER - the development of a species to its present state,
which involves adaptations to its environment
Natural Selection - CORRECT ANSWER - the evolutionary process by which adaptive
traits enable members of a species to survive to reproductive age and transmit these traits to
future generations
Sociobiology - CORRECT ANSWER - the idea that social behaviour results from
evolution, human beings today carry traits that helped our prehistoric ancestors survive and
reproduce successfully
Erotic Plasticity - CORRECT ANSWER - in response to various social and cultural forces,
people show different levels of sex drive and express their sexual desires in various ways
Psychoanalysis - CORRECT ANSWER - the theory of personality generated by Sigmund
Freud, which proposes that human behaviour represents the outcome of clashing inner forces
Defense Mechanisms - CORRECT ANSWER - in psychoanalytic theory, automatic
processes that protect the ego from anxiety by disguising or ejecting unacceptable ideas and
urges
Repression - CORRECT ANSWER - the automatic ejection of anxiety-evoking ideas from
consciousness
Erogenous Zones - CORRECT ANSWER - parts of the body, including but not limited to
the sex organs, that are responsive to sexual stimulation
Psychosexual Development - CORRECT ANSWER - in psychoanalytic theory, the process
by which sexual feelings shift from one erogenous zone to another, children undergo five stages
of development: oral, anal, phallic, latency, and genital
, Oedipus Complex - CORRECT ANSWER - a conflict of the phallic stage in which the boy
wishes to possess his mother sexually and perceives his father as a rival in love
Coitus - CORRECT ANSWER - sexual intercourse
Social Cognitive Theory - CORRECT ANSWER - a cognitively oriented learning theory
which observational learning, values, and expectations play key roles in determining behaviour
Sexual Script Theory - CORRECT ANSWER - a theory that examines sexuality from the
standpoint of culturally learned scripts that specify how men and women should behave sexually,
cognitive schemas that provide individuals with a learned set of instructions for how to act in
sexual situations. Influence people on three levels: cultural, interpersonal, and intrapsychic
Traditional Sexual Script - CORRECT ANSWER - a sexual script based on stereotypical
standards for sexual behaviour that dictates that males take an assertive and active role in
heterosexual interaction while women take a receptive and passive role
Social Exchange Theory - CORRECT ANSWER - a theory that examines sexuality within
relationships in terms of rewards and costs, three basic assumptions
Interpersonal Exchange Model of Sexual Satisfaction - CORRECT ANSWER - focuses on
the exchange of specifically sexual resources and the consequences for sexual satisfaction within
a relationship, sexual satisfaction within the couple is higher the more the partners perceive their
sexual rewards to be greater than their sexual costs
Feminist Theory - CORRECT ANSWER - a theory that focuses on the subordination of
women and the unequal status of girls and women in society
Sexual Objectification - CORRECT ANSWER - treating a person as an object for the
purposes of sexual gratification
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Phallic Worship - CORRECT ANSWER - veneration of the penis as a symbol of
generative power
Phallic Symbol - CORRECT ANSWER - an object that represents the penis
Incest Taboo - CORRECT ANSWER - the prohibition against intercourse with close blood
relatives
Polygamy - CORRECT ANSWER - the practice of having two or more spouses at the
same time
Monogamy - CORRECT ANSWER - the practice of having only one spouse at a time
Pederasty - CORRECT ANSWER - sexual love between a man and a boy
Bisexual - CORRECT ANSWER - sexually responsive to either gender
Courtesan - CORRECT ANSWER - a prostitute especially the mistress of a noble of
wealthy man
Concubine - CORRECT ANSWER - a secondary wife, usually of inferior legal and social
status (usually slaves)
Sexologist - CORRECT ANSWER - a scientist who studies sexual behaviours
Copulation - CORRECT ANSWER - sexual intercourse
,Evolution - CORRECT ANSWER - the development of a species to its present state,
which involves adaptations to its environment
Natural Selection - CORRECT ANSWER - the evolutionary process by which adaptive
traits enable members of a species to survive to reproductive age and transmit these traits to
future generations
Sociobiology - CORRECT ANSWER - the idea that social behaviour results from
evolution, human beings today carry traits that helped our prehistoric ancestors survive and
reproduce successfully
Erotic Plasticity - CORRECT ANSWER - in response to various social and cultural forces,
people show different levels of sex drive and express their sexual desires in various ways
Psychoanalysis - CORRECT ANSWER - the theory of personality generated by Sigmund
Freud, which proposes that human behaviour represents the outcome of clashing inner forces
Defense Mechanisms - CORRECT ANSWER - in psychoanalytic theory, automatic
processes that protect the ego from anxiety by disguising or ejecting unacceptable ideas and
urges
Repression - CORRECT ANSWER - the automatic ejection of anxiety-evoking ideas from
consciousness
Erogenous Zones - CORRECT ANSWER - parts of the body, including but not limited to
the sex organs, that are responsive to sexual stimulation
Psychosexual Development - CORRECT ANSWER - in psychoanalytic theory, the process
by which sexual feelings shift from one erogenous zone to another, children undergo five stages
of development: oral, anal, phallic, latency, and genital
, Oedipus Complex - CORRECT ANSWER - a conflict of the phallic stage in which the boy
wishes to possess his mother sexually and perceives his father as a rival in love
Coitus - CORRECT ANSWER - sexual intercourse
Social Cognitive Theory - CORRECT ANSWER - a cognitively oriented learning theory
which observational learning, values, and expectations play key roles in determining behaviour
Sexual Script Theory - CORRECT ANSWER - a theory that examines sexuality from the
standpoint of culturally learned scripts that specify how men and women should behave sexually,
cognitive schemas that provide individuals with a learned set of instructions for how to act in
sexual situations. Influence people on three levels: cultural, interpersonal, and intrapsychic
Traditional Sexual Script - CORRECT ANSWER - a sexual script based on stereotypical
standards for sexual behaviour that dictates that males take an assertive and active role in
heterosexual interaction while women take a receptive and passive role
Social Exchange Theory - CORRECT ANSWER - a theory that examines sexuality within
relationships in terms of rewards and costs, three basic assumptions
Interpersonal Exchange Model of Sexual Satisfaction - CORRECT ANSWER - focuses on
the exchange of specifically sexual resources and the consequences for sexual satisfaction within
a relationship, sexual satisfaction within the couple is higher the more the partners perceive their
sexual rewards to be greater than their sexual costs
Feminist Theory - CORRECT ANSWER - a theory that focuses on the subordination of
women and the unequal status of girls and women in society
Sexual Objectification - CORRECT ANSWER - treating a person as an object for the
purposes of sexual gratification
