Chapter 2 Human Sexuality Studying
Questions And Answers
Asgendersschemas(SandrasBem,s1981,s1993)s-sCORRECTssANSWER-
ItsissBem'sscontentionsthatsallsofsusspossesssasgendersschemas-
ascognitivesstructurescomprisingsthessetsofsattributess(behaviours,spersonalities,sappearan
ce)sthatswesassociateswithsmalessandsfemales.sOursgendersschema,saccordingstosBem,spre
disposessusstosprocesssinformationsonsthesbasissofsgender.s
i.eswhenswesmeetsansinfantswhosesgendersisn'tsclear,sweseagerlysseeksoutsinfosorsfeelsawkw
ardsifswesdon't,sbecauseswesseemstosneedstosknowsthesbaby'ssgenderstoscontinuestosproces
ssinformationsaboutsit.
Associobiologistsmightsbelievesthatsphysiquesandscomplexionsaresindicativesofswhatstrait?s-
sCORRECTssANSWER-Health
Astheorysthatsproposesshumansnaturesandsthessocialsordersaresproductssofscommunications
amongspeoplesisscalleds-sCORRECTssANSWER-Symbolicsinteraction
AccordingstosFreud,sidealismsandsotherssocietalsvaluesswesacquiresbecomespartsofswhatspa
rtsofsthespersonality?s-sCORRECTssANSWER-Supersego
AccordingstosFreud,swhichsissthespartsofspersonalitysthat'ssassociatedswithssexsandspleasur
e?s-sCORRECTssANSWER-id
AccordingstosFreud,swhichsofsthesfollowingsissassociatedswithsthesrealitysprinciple?s-
sCORRECTssANSWER-Ego
Accordingstossymbolicsinteraction,swhatsissthesmostsimportantspartsofssocialsinteraction?s-
sCORRECTssANSWER-Role-taking
Behaviourstherapys-sCORRECTssANSWER-
Involvessassetsofstechniques,sbaedsonsprinciplessofsclassicalsorsoperantsconditioning,sthatsa
resusedstoschanges(orsmodify)shumansbehaviour.sInsparticular,sthesesmethodsscansbesuseds
tosmodifysproblematicssexualsbehaviourss-
thatsis,ssexualsdisorders,ssuchsassorgasmsproblems,sorscompulsivessexualsbehaviour.s
-considerssonlysthesproblemsbehavioursandshowstosmodifysitsusingslearning-
theorysprinciples.
, ClassicalsConditionings-sCORRECTssANSWER-
Theslearningsprocesssinswhichsaspreviouslysneutralsstimuluss(conditionedsstimulus)sissrepe
atedlyspairedswithsansunconditionedsstimulussthatsreflexivelyselicitssansunconditionedsrespo
nse.sEventually,sthesconditionedsstimulussitselfswillsevokesthesresponse.
ClassicalsConditionings-LearningsTheorys-sCORRECTssANSWER-
Thesprocesssofslearningsthatsoccurssinsclassicalsconditioningstakessplaceswhensasnewsstimu
lus,sthesconditionedsstimuluss(CS)si.esthessoundsofsasbell,srepeatedlysisspairedswithsthesorigi
nalsunconditionedsstimuluss(ringingsbell)scanseventuallysbespresentedswithoutsthesunconditi
onedsstimuluss(food)sandswillsevokesthesoriginalsresponse,snowscalledsthesconditionedsresp
onses(CR,ssalivation).
Comparisonslevels-sCORRECTssANSWER-
Theslevelsofsexpectedsoutcomessisscalledsthescomparisonslevel,stheslevelsofsoutcomessinsth
esbestsalternativesrelationshipsisscalledsthescomparisonslevelsofsalternativeness.
Dosmalessandsfemalesshavessimilarsmatingsstrategies?s-sCORRECTssANSWER-Yes
Duringsthesoralsstage,stheschildsderivesspleasuresfrom?s-sCORRECTssANSWER-sucking
Egos-sCORRECTssANSWER-
Operatessonsthesrealitysprinciplesandstriesstoskeepsthesidsinsline.sThesegosfunctionsstosmakes
thespersonshavesrealistic,srationalsinteractionsswithsothers.
EquitysvssEqualitys-sCORRECTssANSWER-
Socialsexchangestheorysalsospredictssthesconditionssunderswhichspeoplestrystoschangesthei
rsrelationships.sAscentralsconceptsissequitysandsequality.sAsstatesofsequitysexistsswhensparti
cipantssinsasrelationshipsbelievesthatsthesrewardsstheysreceivesfromsitsaresproportionalstosth
escostsstheysbear.sEqualitysexistsswhensbothspartnerssexperiencesthessamesbalancesofsrew
ardsstoscostss(profit).
ErogenoussZoness-sCORRECTssANSWER-
Areassofsthesbodysthatsaresparticularlyssensitivestossexualsstimulation.sI.eslips,smouth,sgenit
als,sandsrectumsandsanus.s
-Asdifferentserogenousszonesissthesfocussofseachsstagesofspsychosexualsdevelopment.
EvolutionarysPsychologys-sCORRECTssANSWER-
Thesstudysofspsychologicalsmechanismssthatshavesbeensshapedsbysnaturalsselection.
Extradyadicssexs-sCORRECTssANSWER-Sexswthssomeonesothersthanstheirspartner.
FemalesOedipussComplexs(ElectrasComplex)s-sCORRECTssANSWER-
Beginningswithsgirlsslovesforshersmothersandshersfocussonshersclitoris.sTheslittlesgirlsrealizes,s
perhapssaftersobservingshersfathersorshersbrother,sthatssheshassnospenis.sShesfeelssenvious
sandscheated,sandsshessufferssfromspenissenvy,swishingsthatsshestooshadsaswonderfulswand
sandsthesprivilegessthatsgosalongswithsbeingsmale.sThus,sshesshiftsshersdesiresforshersmothe
Questions And Answers
Asgendersschemas(SandrasBem,s1981,s1993)s-sCORRECTssANSWER-
ItsissBem'sscontentionsthatsallsofsusspossesssasgendersschemas-
ascognitivesstructurescomprisingsthessetsofsattributess(behaviours,spersonalities,sappearan
ce)sthatswesassociateswithsmalessandsfemales.sOursgendersschema,saccordingstosBem,spre
disposessusstosprocesssinformationsonsthesbasissofsgender.s
i.eswhenswesmeetsansinfantswhosesgendersisn'tsclear,sweseagerlysseeksoutsinfosorsfeelsawkw
ardsifswesdon't,sbecauseswesseemstosneedstosknowsthesbaby'ssgenderstoscontinuestosproces
ssinformationsaboutsit.
Associobiologistsmightsbelievesthatsphysiquesandscomplexionsaresindicativesofswhatstrait?s-
sCORRECTssANSWER-Health
Astheorysthatsproposesshumansnaturesandsthessocialsordersaresproductssofscommunications
amongspeoplesisscalleds-sCORRECTssANSWER-Symbolicsinteraction
AccordingstosFreud,sidealismsandsotherssocietalsvaluesswesacquiresbecomespartsofswhatspa
rtsofsthespersonality?s-sCORRECTssANSWER-Supersego
AccordingstosFreud,swhichsissthespartsofspersonalitysthat'ssassociatedswithssexsandspleasur
e?s-sCORRECTssANSWER-id
AccordingstosFreud,swhichsofsthesfollowingsissassociatedswithsthesrealitysprinciple?s-
sCORRECTssANSWER-Ego
Accordingstossymbolicsinteraction,swhatsissthesmostsimportantspartsofssocialsinteraction?s-
sCORRECTssANSWER-Role-taking
Behaviourstherapys-sCORRECTssANSWER-
Involvessassetsofstechniques,sbaedsonsprinciplessofsclassicalsorsoperantsconditioning,sthatsa
resusedstoschanges(orsmodify)shumansbehaviour.sInsparticular,sthesesmethodsscansbesuseds
tosmodifysproblematicssexualsbehaviourss-
thatsis,ssexualsdisorders,ssuchsassorgasmsproblems,sorscompulsivessexualsbehaviour.s
-considerssonlysthesproblemsbehavioursandshowstosmodifysitsusingslearning-
theorysprinciples.
, ClassicalsConditionings-sCORRECTssANSWER-
Theslearningsprocesssinswhichsaspreviouslysneutralsstimuluss(conditionedsstimulus)sissrepe
atedlyspairedswithsansunconditionedsstimulussthatsreflexivelyselicitssansunconditionedsrespo
nse.sEventually,sthesconditionedsstimulussitselfswillsevokesthesresponse.
ClassicalsConditionings-LearningsTheorys-sCORRECTssANSWER-
Thesprocesssofslearningsthatsoccurssinsclassicalsconditioningstakessplaceswhensasnewsstimu
lus,sthesconditionedsstimuluss(CS)si.esthessoundsofsasbell,srepeatedlysisspairedswithsthesorigi
nalsunconditionedsstimuluss(ringingsbell)scanseventuallysbespresentedswithoutsthesunconditi
onedsstimuluss(food)sandswillsevokesthesoriginalsresponse,snowscalledsthesconditionedsresp
onses(CR,ssalivation).
Comparisonslevels-sCORRECTssANSWER-
Theslevelsofsexpectedsoutcomessisscalledsthescomparisonslevel,stheslevelsofsoutcomessinsth
esbestsalternativesrelationshipsisscalledsthescomparisonslevelsofsalternativeness.
Dosmalessandsfemalesshavessimilarsmatingsstrategies?s-sCORRECTssANSWER-Yes
Duringsthesoralsstage,stheschildsderivesspleasuresfrom?s-sCORRECTssANSWER-sucking
Egos-sCORRECTssANSWER-
Operatessonsthesrealitysprinciplesandstriesstoskeepsthesidsinsline.sThesegosfunctionsstosmakes
thespersonshavesrealistic,srationalsinteractionsswithsothers.
EquitysvssEqualitys-sCORRECTssANSWER-
Socialsexchangestheorysalsospredictssthesconditionssunderswhichspeoplestrystoschangesthei
rsrelationships.sAscentralsconceptsissequitysandsequality.sAsstatesofsequitysexistsswhensparti
cipantssinsasrelationshipsbelievesthatsthesrewardsstheysreceivesfromsitsaresproportionalstosth
escostsstheysbear.sEqualitysexistsswhensbothspartnerssexperiencesthessamesbalancesofsrew
ardsstoscostss(profit).
ErogenoussZoness-sCORRECTssANSWER-
Areassofsthesbodysthatsaresparticularlyssensitivestossexualsstimulation.sI.eslips,smouth,sgenit
als,sandsrectumsandsanus.s
-Asdifferentserogenousszonesissthesfocussofseachsstagesofspsychosexualsdevelopment.
EvolutionarysPsychologys-sCORRECTssANSWER-
Thesstudysofspsychologicalsmechanismssthatshavesbeensshapedsbysnaturalsselection.
Extradyadicssexs-sCORRECTssANSWER-Sexswthssomeonesothersthanstheirspartner.
FemalesOedipussComplexs(ElectrasComplex)s-sCORRECTssANSWER-
Beginningswithsgirlsslovesforshersmothersandshersfocussonshersclitoris.sTheslittlesgirlsrealizes,s
perhapssaftersobservingshersfathersorshersbrother,sthatssheshassnospenis.sShesfeelssenvious
sandscheated,sandsshessufferssfromspenissenvy,swishingsthatsshestooshadsaswonderfulswand
sandsthesprivilegessthatsgosalongswithsbeingsmale.sThus,sshesshiftsshersdesiresforshersmothe