11 - Relationships & Sex

Question 1

what percentage of communication is non-verbal?

Answer 1

67%

Question 2

def: can influence interactions with others; lack of self-esteem can impact

Answer 2

self-perception

Question 3

def: enhanced feelings of warmth, trust, respect, honesty, acceptance, empathy, and loyalty

Answer 3

friendship

Question 4

def: spending time together, practicing communication skills, seeing if romantic feelings develop, testing compatibilty

Answer 4

dating

Question 5

def: open trust, sharing of close confidential thoughts and feelings, not always but often sexual

Answer 5

intimacy

Question 6

what are the 3 components of Sternberg’s Love Triangle?

Answer 6

• commitment
• intimacy
• passion

Question 7

relationships often start with _______ love and evolve into ________ love

Answer 7

passionate to mature

Question 8

what are 3 ingredients for commitment?

Answer 8

1. love, sex, and intimacy
2. mutual trust
3. willingness to change in response to each other

Question 9

T or F: married people are unhealthier and live shorter lives compared to unmarried people

Answer 9

False, they live longer and are healthier

Question 10

what is the selection theory’s view on married people living longer?

Answer 10

healthy people are more attractive, more likely to get married

Question 11

what is the protection theory’s view on married people living longer?

Answer 11

married people look after each other, support each other

Question 12

what percentage of same-sex couples are married?

Answer 12

~16.5%

Question 13

are majority of same-sex couples male or female?

Answer 13

male

Question 14

def: biological categorization based on physical features

Answer 14

sex

Question 15

def: includes roles and identity, social categorization based on a psychological characteristics and roles that society assigns to the biological sexes; more “fluid” than sex, may or may not agree with biological categorization

Answer 15

gender

Question 16

def: and individua’s emotional and erotic orientation toward people of the same sex or another sex

Answer 16

sexual orientation

Question 17

def: what units with sperm in fertilzation

Answer 17

egg

Question 18

def: produces eggs, releases them during ovulation, production of estrogen and progesterone

Answer 18

ovaries

Question 19

def: the site of fertilization

Answer 19

uterine tube

Question 20

def: region where fetus develops

Answer 20

uterus

Question 21

def: conduit for delivery during childbirth; conduit for sperm during contraception

Answer 21

vagina

Question 22

what does the outer female genitalia consist of?

Answer 22

• mons pubis
• labia minor + major
• clitoris

Question 23

def: produce sperm and testosterone

Answer 23

testes

Question 24

def: encloses and protects testes

Answer 24

scrotum

Question 25

def: stores sperm

Answer 25

epididymis

Question 26

def: connects the epididymis with the urethra

Answer 26

vas deferens

Question 27

def: transports both semen and urine through the penis and out of the body

Answer 27

urethra

Question 28

what can cause the penis to shrink?

Answer 28

cold and nervousness

Question 29

what percentage of females are satisfied with their partner’s size?

Answer 29

80%

Question 30

what are the 4 phases of sex?

Answer 30

1. excitement phase
2. plateau phase
3. orgasmic phase
4. resolution phase

Question 31

males experience a ___________ period following orgasm, during which another orgasm cannot be achieved

Answer 31

refractory

Question 32

what are 2 male performance concerns?

Answer 32

• erectile dysfunction

- premature ejaculation

Question 33

what are two things that may cause erectile dysfunction?

Answer 33

• physiological (high BP, high cholestrol, alcohol, diabetes)
• psychological (performance anxiety, stress)

Question 34

what are some treatments for premature ejaculation?

Answer 34

• practicing control/endurance
• non-sexual thoughts
• swapping foreplay and sex throughout