FRHD 2100 MIDTERM EXAM LATEST UPDATE What does human sexuality refer to? - ANSWER The ways we experience and express ourselves as sexual beings Is sexuality a component of personality development? - ANSWER Yes How is psychology related to sexuality? - ANSWER The brain is our biggest sex organ How is sociology related to sexuality? - ANSWER Different societies understand sexuality, and the messages they send How is genetics related to sexuality? - ANSWER Genetics, anatomy, predispositions How is history related to sexuality? - ANSWER Different periods have chosen various ways to express or suppress sexual activities How are politics related to sexuality? - ANSWER Understanding your rights How is gender studies related to sexuality? - ANSWER Inequalities What country was the first to legalize same sex marriage? - ANSWER Netherlands Canada was the ____ country to legalize same sex marriage. - ANSWER 4th Who is Havelock Ellis? - ANSWER He composed the Studies in the Psychology of Sex What does Ellis argue? - ANSWER - Sexual desires in women were natural and healthy - Many sexual problems are psychological - Homosexuality is natural What did Richard von Krafft-Ebing do? - ANSWER Examined sexual deviation (psychopathia sexualis) What did Freud believe? - ANSWER The sex drive is our principal motivating force Who introduced the concept of erogenous zones? - ANSWER Sigmund Freud Describe Freud's psychosexual development. - ANSWER - oral (suckling) - anal (control of sphincter) - phallic (develop erotic feelings for opposite sex parent - latency - genital Who is Robert Dickinson? - ANSWER - looked at female anatomy and physiology with regards to their sexual arousal - created a glass object shaped as a penis that has cameras on it so he could view the physiological changes during arousal What did Theodoor van de Velde write? - ANSWER The Ideal Marriage - book that encourages couples to explore sexuality What did Theodoor discover? - ANSWER Women only ovulate once per cycle Orgasm is a ____________. - ANSWER Spinal reflex What is happening to the penis during erection? - ANSWER It is filling with blood How does vaginal lubrication occur? - ANSWER Sweating of the vaginal walls What is erotic plasticity? - ANSWER The degree to which human sexuality is affected by sociocultural and situational factors Which gender shows greater erotic plasticity? - ANSWER Women What is an empirical approach? - ANSWER Knowledge is based on research evidence What are the 4 steps of the scientific method? - ANSWER 1. Formulate a research question 2. Frame the question in the form of a hypothesis 3. Test the hypothesis 4. Draw conclusions What are demographic variables? - ANSWER Pertaining to the vital statistics of a human population What are biological variables? - ANSWER Most commonly used to explain sexual behaviour In quantitative research, what are researchers doing? - ANSWER Trying to learn about populations What is a population? - ANSWER A complete group What are target populations? - ANSWER A group of select individuals What is a representative sample? - ANSWER Participants who accurately represent the population of interest What is a random sample? - ANSWER Every member of the target population has an equal chance of participating
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