Seksuologie oefenvragen

MOGELIJKE VRAGEN (ENGELS)
Hoofdstuk 1
1. Which of the following is not a perspective studied in this book’s approach to human sexuality?
a. Science
b. Literature
c. Culture
d. Religion
 B

2. Gender refers to:
a. One’s sexual orientation
b. One’s daily attitudes and sexual confidence.
c. Being male, female or some other gender.
d. One’s biological anatomy.
 C

3. According to ancient Greek mythology, the splitting of an early ‘double male’ would result in a:
a. Homosexual man
b. Bisexual man
c. Homosexual woman
d. Bisexual woman
 A

4. Which of the following best characterizes norms about sexuality during the Victorian era?
a. Rigid and oppressive.
b. Flexible and varied.
c. Indulgent and liberal.
d. Open and progressive.
 A

5. Based on cultivation theory, how will someone who watches a lot of soap operas estimate the
incidence of divorce and cases of amnesia?
a. Accurately estimate
b. Grossly underestimate
c. Slightly underestimate
d. Overestimate
 D

6. Which of the following is not a major human sexuality topic?
a. Sexual anatomy and physiology
b. Sexual astrology
c. Sexual behavior
d. Sexual health
 B

7. What communication theory describes the media’s tendency to draw attention to some topics and
others, suggesting how we should think about issues?
a. Social cognitive theory
b. Selectivity
c. Cultivation theory
d. Framing theory
 D

8. The conceptualization of gender as having only two categories, male and female, is referred to as:
a. The gender binary
b. Sexual behavior
c. Gender roles
d. Gender stereotypes
 A

,9. According to social cognitive theory, what kind of influence might character on television, movies, or
romance novels serve as?
a. Models
b. Contracting agents
c. Spiritual guidance
d. Distracts
 A

10. According to ancient Greek mythology, what were the first humans like?
a. Intelligent earth (dirt)
b. Supernatural gods
c. Ape-like animals
d. Double beings
 D

11. Select all that apply: the meanings that are adopted by a group as part of its culture do which of the
following?
a. Make life predictable
b. Clarify boundaries between groups
c. Apply only to the ruling class
d. Cause chaos among group members
e. Facilitate social coordination
 A, B, E.

12. Freud and other early sex researches began their work in the late 1800s, which is otherwise known as
the
a. Victorian
b. Progressive
c. Edwardian
d. Elizabethan
 A

13. Which theory focuses on the notion that people think that what they see on television and in other
media represents the mainstream of what happens in our culture?
a. Reinforcing spiral theory
b. Social cognitive theory
c. Framing theory
d. Cultivation theory
 D
14. Framing Theory is the idea the media define what is important and what is not by which stories they
cover.

15. Romantic sexual kissing is
a. Not found in all societies
b. Performed the same way in all societies
c. Universal among all societies
d. Found only in Western nations.
 A

16. Which communications theory focuses on the idea that the media will provide role models, whom we
imitate?
a. Social cognitive theory
b. Cultivation theory
c. Reinforcing spiral theory
d. Framing theory
 A

, 17. What term refers to the part of the environment that is created by humans, including the set of
meanings that a group adopts?
a. Cultivation
b. Agenda setting
c. Culture
d. Ethnocentrism
 C

18. What is the term for sexual self-stimulation of the genitals?
a. Cunnilingus
b. Masturbation
c. Incest
d. Bisexuality
 B

19. How do most pacific island societies view premarital sex?
a. Most disapprove of it
b. It is slightly favorable, but other cultures extremely disfavor it.
c. Most perceive it favorably
d. It is about 50/50 split
 C

20. True or false: Inflicting pain on one's partner as part of the sexual technique is universally taboo
among societies.
a. True
b. False
 B

21. With regard to adult masturbation, almost all human societies:
a. Express some disapproval of it
b. Make attempts to regulate it
c. Ignore it completely
d. Openly encourage it
 A

22. Which culture is most likely to permit premarital sex?
a. African
b. Eurasion
c. Mediterranean
d. Pacific Island
 D

23. Negative attitudes toward same-gender sexual behavior are most likely to be found in:
a. Denmark
b. Russia
c. Greece
d. France
 B

24. Attitudes toward same-gender sexual expression are:
a. not studied by anthropologists
b. Greatly varied across cultures
c. Universally negative
d. Mostly positive, except for in Western nations.
 B

25. In ______ human societies, physical characteristics are important in determining whom one chooses
as a sex partner.
a. All
b. Hardly any