SAMPLE QUESTIONS FOR EXAM 1

 

Chapter 1

 

According to the Malleus Maleficarum, the person who had wet dreams was guilty of

a. sodomy

b. witchcraft

c. homosexuality

d. a and b

 

CORRECT ANSWER: d. a and b

 

Chapter 2

 

According to sociobiologists, human sexual behaviors are primarily the result of

a. observational learning

b. personal experience

c. evolution

d. cultural influences

e. none of the above

 

CORRECT ANSWER: c. evolution

 

Chapter 3

 

When volunteers for sex research are compared to non-volunteers for sex research, one of the consistent findings is that volunteers are

a. more permissive in their sexual attitudes

b. less sexually experiences

c. more likely to be female then male

d. more likely to report lower rates of sexual behavior, such as masturbation

e. B and D

 

CORRECT ANSWER: a. more permissive in their sexual attitudes

 

Chapter 4

 

urine passes through the

a. clitoris

b. vaginal opening

c. perineum

d. urethra

e. none of the above

 

CORRECT ANSWER: d. urethra

 

Chapter 5

 

Hormones are manufactured by the

a. pituitary gland

b. thyroid gland

c. adrenal gland

d. all of the above

e. none of the above

 

CORRECT ANSWER: d. all of the above

 

Chapter 6

 

Biologically, the last phase of the menstrual cycle is

a. ovulation

b. menstruation

c. proliferation

d. follicle-stimulation

e. none of the above

 

CORRECT ANSWER: b. menstruation

 

Chapter 21

 

The belief system (ethic) that a person should maximize pleasure and minimize the amount of pain is called

a. asceticism

b. legalism

c. contextual ethics

d. hedonism

e. Evangelical Protestantism

 

CORRECT ANSWER: d. hedonism

 

Chapter 23

 

A primary source of sexual information for children age 10-12 is from

a. their parents

b. schools and teachers

c. their friends

d. churches

e. brothers and sisters

 

CORRECT ANSWER: a. their parents

 

SAMPLE QUESTIONS FROM THE LECTURES

 

“Sperm are cheap, eggs are expensive.” This statement reflects the view of _________ on the origin of the double standard.

a. psychoanalytic theory

b. biological functionalism

c. operant conditioning

d. social learning theory

e. none of the above

 

CORRECT ANSWER: b. biological functionalism

What is a vaginal photoplethysmograph?

a. a clear cylinder with a camera and a light for photographing the inside of the vagina

b. a sexually transmitted disease that causes the vagina to be sensitive to light

c. a graphic representation of the number of contractions a vagina goes through during orgasm

d. a device invented by Henry Havelock Ellis for measuring the amount of heat produced by the vagina during sexual intercourse

e. none of the above

 

CORRECT ANSWER: a. a clear cylinder with a camera and a light for photographing the inside of the vagina

 

Through exploring church records from the 18^th century, historians have discovered what about the sex lives of people in Protestant countries like England?

a. many people had illegitimate children

b. many people had sex before marriage

c. homosexuals were persecuted by the Spanish Inquisition

d. women tended to marry older men with many resources

e. none of the above

 

CORRECT ANSWER: b. many people had sex before marriage

 

Though ancient Greek men idealized pederasty, they considered some things taboo in the sexual relationship between a boy and an adult male. Of the following, which was not considered a taboo?

a. oral and anal sex – these were thought to vulgar

b. the boy being sexually turned on - boy was expected to gain no sexual pleasure

c. exchange of money for sex

d. sex with the boy’s teachers – the teacher/student relationship was considered sacred and therefore teachers could not have sex with their students

e. none of the above

 

CORRECT ANSWER: d. sex with the boy’s teachers – the teacher/student relationship was considered sacred and therefore teachers could not have sex with their students

 

What was the female equivalent of the Oedipus Complex in psychoanalytic theory?

a. the Andromeda Complex

b. the Electra Complex

c. the Medea Complex

d. the Helen-of-Troy Complex

e. the Euripides Complex

 

CORRECT ANSWER: b. the Electra Complex