Chapter 1: Exploring and Understanding Human Sexuality

Chapter 1: Exploring and Understanding Human Sexuality

TRUE/FALSE

1. Not all animals have biologically driven sexual behaviors that emerge as they mature to adulthood.

ANS: F PTS: 1 DIF: Bloom's: Analyze

REF: 1.1 What Is Sexuality?, Textbook

OBJ: LO1: Define human sexuality and identify the influences that shape our sexual behaviors and beliefs MSC: TYPE: Easy

2. In humans, sexuality is grounded in biological functioning, emerging in each of us as we develop.

ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: Bloom's: Understand

REF: 1.1 What Is Sexuality?, Textbook

OBJ: LO1: Define human sexuality and identify the influences that shape our sexual behaviors and beliefs MSC: TYPE: Easy

3. Human sexuality is expressed by cultures through rules about sexual contact, attitudes about moral and immoral sexuality, habits of sexual behavior, patterns of relations between the sexes, and more.

ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: Bloom's: Understand

REF: 1.1 What Is Sexuality?, Textbook

OBJ: LO1: Define human sexuality and identify the influences that shape our sexual behaviors and beliefs MSC: TYPE: Easy

4. Sexuality is studied only by sexologists.

ANS: F PTS: 1 DIF: Bloom's: Remember

REF: 1.1 What is Sexuality?, Textbook

OBJ: LO2: Compare scientific and media views of human sexuality

MSC: TYPE: Easy

5. Orgasm seems to be an important part of sexual contact only in human females (as opposed to other animals).

ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: Bloom's: Analyze

REF: 1.2 Human Sexuality in Ancient History, Textbook | Video - Do Female Primates Experience Orgasm?, Online

OBJ: LO3: Explain how the upright posture of our early human ancestors contributed to the evolution of human sexuality MSC: TYPE: Medium

6. Ancient Egyptians had sexual lives that are vastly different from the way humans engage in sex throughout the world today.

ANS: F PTS: 1 DIF: Bloom's: Understand

REF: 1.2 Human Sexuality in Ancient History, Textbook | Animation - Timeline: Exploring Human Sexuality: Past and Present, Online

OBJ: LO4: Compare the attitudes toward sexuality of the ancient Egyptian, Greek, Roman, and Hebrew cultures MSC: TYPE: Medium

7. Yin is masculine, active, and assertive; yang is feminine, passive, and receptive.

ANS: F PTS: 1 DIF: Bloom's: Understand

REF: 1.3 Sexuality in Diverse Contemporary Cultures, Textbook | Video - Cross-Cultural Differences and Sex, Online

OBJ: LO5: Identify the differences in attitudes toward sexuality in Indian, Chinese, and Islamic culture MSC: TYPE: Medium

8. Foot binding in China was sexual in nature—women with bound feet had a sway in their walk that was often viewed as erotic.

ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: Bloom's: Understand

REF: 1.3 Sexuality in Diverse Contemporary Cultures, Textbook | Reading - Beauty, Status, and Chinese Foot Binding, Online

OBJ: LO6: Identify societal attitudes toward females in the Indian, Chinese, and Islamic cultures

MSC: TYPE: Medium

9. In India’s social system, which was patriarchal, being born a woman was seen as a punishment for sins committed in previous lives.

ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: Bloom's: Understand

REF: 1.3 Sexuality in Diverse Contemporary Cultures, Textbook | Animation - Timeline: Exploring Human Sexuality: Past and Present, Online

OBJ: LO6: Identify societal attitudes toward females in the Indian, Chinese, and Islamic cultures

MSC: TYPE: Easy

10. Although there are examples in the Koran of female saints and intellectuals, women in many Islamic lands today are still subjugated to men, segregated and not permitted to venture out of their homes, and forbidden from interacting with men who are not family members.

ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: Bloom's: Understand

REF: 1.3 Sexuality in Diverse Contemporary Cultures, Textbook | Video - Sexuality in the Muslim World, Online

OBJ: LO6: Identify societal attitudes toward females in the Indian, Chinese, and Islamic cultures

MSC: TYPE: Medium

11. St. Paul and other founders of the religion condemned sexuality in a way found in neither Hebrew nor Greek thought—nor anywhere in the teachings of Jesus.

ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: Bloom's: Analyze

REF: 1.4 Sexuality in Christian Culture, Textbook

OBJ: LO7: Describe the influences of the early founders of the Christian religion on the attitudes of Christian people toward sexuality MSC: TYPE: Medium

12. St. Paul’s strong condemnation of sexuality—and especially homosexuality, which he called the worst of all sexual sins—set the tone for Christian attitudes toward sexuality for many centuries.

ANS: F PTS: 1 DIF: Bloom's: Remember

REF: 1.4 Sexuality in Christian Culture, Textbook

OBJ: LO7: Describe the influences of the early founders of the Christian religion on the attitudes of Christian people toward sexuality MSC: TYPE: Medium

13. The Enlightenment took place in Western Europe in the early 16th century, when reformers Martin Luther and John Calvin challenged papal power and founded the Protestant movement.

ANS: F PTS: 1 DIF: Bloom's: Evaluate

REF: 1.4 Sexuality in Christian Culture, Textbook

OBJ: LO8: Identify the key departures of Protestantism from Catholicism regarding views of sexuality and marriage MSC: TYPE: Easy

14. In the late 1800s, the vibrator appeared in response to physician demands for more rapid therapies to treat depression.

ANS: F PTS: 1 DIF: Bloom's: Understand

REF: 1.4 Sexuality in Christian Culture, Textbook | Reading - The History of Vibrators, Online

OBJ: LO9: Compare the temporary impacts of the 14th-century Renaissance and the 18th-century Enlightenment on the sexual attitudes of their times MSC: TYPE: Easy

15. Today, gays and lesbians are still subject to prejudices in the United States, and some states are passing laws making it illegal for homosexuals to be considered a minority group worthy of special protections.

ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: Bloom's: Analyze

REF: 1.5 Sexuality in America, Textbook

OBJ: LO13: Summarize the impact of sex as a media commodity on American culture today

MSC: TYPE: Easy

16. Sociologists believe that societal influences, such as the family, religion, economics, medicine, law, and the media, affect a society’s rules about sexual expression and what is sexually “normal.”

ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: Bloom's: Understand

REF: 1.6 Theories about Human Sexuality, Textbook

OBJ: LO18: Compare the sociological, feminist, and queer theories of human sexuality

MSC: TYPE: Easy

17. According to two privately funded, large-scale studies, young teens are more sexually active than many believed.

ANS: F PTS: 1 DIF: Bloom's: Remember

REF: 1.7 A Brief History of Sexuality Research, Textbook

OBJ: LO20: Describe the key findings of large-scale research studies in the United States

MSC: TYPE: Easy

18. Global studies have reported that ratings of sexual satisfaction are correlated with overall happiness in both men and women.

ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: Bloom's: Remember

REF: 1.7 A Brief History of Sexuality Research, Textbook

OBJ: LO21: Describe the key findings of large-scale research studies of cultures outside the United States MSC: TYPE: Easy

19. Under certain circumstances, researchers can study people without first obtaining their informed consent.

ANS: F PTS: 1 DIF: Bloom's: Analyze

REF: 1.8 Sexuality Research Today, Textbook | Video - How Do Researchers Know..., Online

OBJ: LO24: Explain the various types of problems faced by sexuality researchers

MSC: TYPE: Easy

20. For a study to be reliable, researchers must take into account the time period when evaluating the results.

ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: Bloom's: Evaluate

REF: 1.8 Sexuality Research Today, Textbook | Video - How Do Researchers Know..., Online

OBJ: LO24: Explain the various types of problems faced by sexuality researchers

MSC: TYPE: Medium

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. A general term for the feelings and behaviors of human beings concerning sex is ____.

a. / homoerotic / c. / human sexuality
b. / polygamy / d. / free love

ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: Bloom's: Understand

REF: 1.1 What Is Sexuality?, Textbook

OBJ: LO1: Define human sexuality and identify the influences that shape our sexual behaviors and beliefs MSC: TYPE: Medium

2. The family into which one is born and raised is known as ____.

a. / the origin of species / c. / the sexual model
b. / the patriarchal model / d. / the family of origin

ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: Bloom's: Remember

REF: 1.1 What Is Sexuality?, Textbook

OBJ: LO1: Define human sexuality and identify the influences that shape our sexual behaviors and beliefs MSC: TYPE: Easy

3. The upright posture of the female resulted in the possibility of ____.

a. / continuous birth-control pills / c. / face-to-face intercourse
b. / nonsexual love / d. / immoral sexuality

ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: Bloom's: Evaluate

REF: 1.2 Human Sexuality in Ancient History, Textbook | Video - Do Female Primates Experience Orgasm?, Online

OBJ: LO3: Explain how the upright posture of our early human ancestors contributed to the evolution of human sexuality MSC: TYPE: Medium

4. Women had the right to divorce husbands in ancient ____.

a. / Hebrew culture / c. / Greek culture
b. / Roman culture / d. / Egyptian culture

ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: Bloom's: Understand

REF: 1.2 Human Sexuality in Ancient History, Textbook | Animation - Timeline: Exploring Human Sexuality: Past and Present, Online

OBJ: LO4: Compare the attitudes toward sexuality of the ancient Egyptian, Greek, Roman, and Hebrew cultures MSC: TYPE: Medium

5. Male circumcision may well have been invented by the ancient ____.

a. / Egyptians / c. / Hebrews
b. / Greeks / d. / Romans

ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: Bloom's: Understand

REF: 1.2 Human Sexuality in Ancient History, Textbook | Animation - Timeline: Exploring Human Sexuality: Past and Present, Online

OBJ: LO4: Compare the attitudes toward sexuality of the ancient Egyptian, Greek, Roman, and Hebrew cultures MSC: TYPE: Medium

6. The representation of same-sex love or desire is known as ____.

a. / platonic / c. / polygamy
b. / homoerotic / d. / yin and yang

ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: Bloom's: Understand