Chapter 1

"The only correct way to have sex is the way we do it in my culture." The person who made this statement is demonstrating __________.

Which one of the following statements is accurate with respect to cultural standards of sexual attractiveness and the human body?

Believed that the purpose of sex was for procreation, but had positive attitudes about the human body and about sexual relations between a husband and wife

Viewed procreation as the only acceptable reason for sexual intercourse and considered sex for pleasure to be sinful

Symbolized an era in which many inaccurate and negative beliefs about sexuality reached their zenith

Believed that a person could achieve immortality by avoiding sexual desire and striving for intellectual and spiritual love

Which one of the following statements best illustrates the ancient Hebrew approach to sexuality?

The ancient Greeks and Romans __________.

The average American child spends more than 7 hours a day interacting with __________.

With respect to sexual content in primetime TV shows, which one of the following statements is the most accurate?

Physician who argued that both women and men were sexual and who adopted a positive and tolerant attitude toward a wide range of sexual behaviors

Felt that sexual energy (libido) was a primary motivator of human behavior

Conducted the first large-scale national survey about the sexual behavior of men and women

First to directly observe and record the physiological responses of people engaging in sexual activity under laboratory conditions

Sigmund Freud was one of the first clinicians to suggest that __________ were sexual beings whose behavior was at least partly motivated by sexual energy.

Kinsey is to __________ as Masters and Johnson are to laboratory observation.

Sometimes participants in sex (and other types of) survey research do not provide accurate answers to the questions because they are embarrassed or worried about how they might appear to the researcher. One way of minimizing this problem might be to __________.

__________ is when a researcher's or therapist's conclusions are biased by his or her own beliefs and values.

In the United States, sex education in schools originated as part of a movement to __________.

Sex education programs that teach teenagers to wait to have sex until marriage and do not provide additional information are known as __________ programs.

Compared with other cultures, the United States probably is best characterized as __________.

Research reveals that __________ are generally the least permissive ethnic group in their sexual attitudes and behaviors.

You are a physician working during the Victorian era. You have written a medical pamphlet to help educate your married clients about sex. What is its most likely title?

During the 1950s in America, teens and young adults found themselves with increased access to two things that are necessary for "leisure sex." What are they?

Which of the following adjectives best sums up the nature of the media's impact on sexual socialization?

For her senior thesis, Claire is conducting a research project about young adults' first sexual experiences. She creates a series of questions and then administers her questionnaire to the students in one of her classes. Claire's participants represent what kind of sample?

Phil conducts a correlational study exploring the association between sexual satisfaction and marriage length. He measures how long a group of couples have been married and also how much sexual satisfaction they report. He discovers that couples who have been married longer report less sexual satisfaction than couples who have been married for shorter lengths of time. What type of correlation did Phil find in his study?

Gloria is a sex researcher interested in disorders of sex development. She is currently conducting an in-depth, detailed, face-to-face series of interviews with T.D., a young man born without a penis (a condition known as penile agenesis). This type of investigation is called a(n) __________.

At the beginning of high school, Charlie and his classmates were required to complete an "abstinence-only" sex education program. As part of this program, Charlie made a formal virginity pledge. Based on your knowledge of research, what is one sexual outcome that Charlie might be likely to experience over the next few years?

You have been tasked with developing a comprehensive sex education program for a local high school. This program will follow the basic principles of sex education that are endorsed by the American Medical Association, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and many other national health organizations. Which one of the statements below will probably best reflect the theme of your program?