Psych. Quiz #5

11 October 2022
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More than in other mammalian females, the sexual drive in human females is responsive to their ________ levels.
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testosterone.
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A gender role refers to:
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a set of expected behaviors for males or for females.
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The descriptions of orgasm written by men and women are ________, and PET scans indicate that ________ sub-cortical brain regions are active in men and women during orgasm.
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similar, the same.
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People whose gender identity feels mismatched with their birth sex are:
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transgender.
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Exhibitionism and fetishism are examples of:
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paraphilias.
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Many sexually active American adolescents fail to avoid pregnancy because:
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all of these reasons.
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Gender differences in erotic plasticity are best illustrated by the fact that women:
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tend to be more changeable than men in sexual orientation.
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The more sexual content adolescents view on TV and in movies, the more likely they are to:
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perceive their peers as sexually active.
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Research has found that an animal's sexual orientation can be altered by:
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manipulations of prenatal hormone conditions.
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Although Wendy is genetically male, she dresses in women's clothes in order to express her strong sense of identity as a female. Wendy could best be described as:
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transgender.
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Compared with men, women experience a greater risk of:
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eating disorders.
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The most common way AIDS is transmitted is through:
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unprotected sex with an infected person.
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One's sexual orientation refers to a(n) ________ members of either one's own sex, or both sexes.
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enduring sexual attraction toward.
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In everyday behavior, men are LESS likely than women to:
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initiate touching others.
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A biological influence on homosexuality is most clearly seen from evidence of:
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sexual relations between same-sex partners in several hundred species.
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Ivan just spent an evening watching pornographic movies of attractive women who actually seemed to enjoy being sexually coerced. This experience is most likely to lead him to:
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be more willing to hurt women.