c8 - sexual arousal Flashcards
Which of the following is true of the role of touching in two-person sexual activity?
- The ability to enjoy touching is helpful but not essential to sexual pleasure.
- It is important to communicate what sort of touching is most pleasurable to you.
- Men require visual stimulation to be able to find touching pleasurable.
- Extreme sensitivity more often makes touching of the clitoris painful rather than pleasurable.
It is important to communicate what sort of touching is most pleasurable to you.
What does the dual control model of sexual response say of sexual inhibitions?
- Early learning and culture do not affect the stimuli that set off sexual inhibition in people.
- People who are high on the inhibition component are likely to engage in high-risk sexual behavior.
- The inhibition of sexual response is important to understand and is adaptive across species.
- People who are high on the inhibition component are unlikely to develop sexual disorders.
The inhibition of sexual response is important to understand and is adaptive across species.
Research shows that men who, as the result of an accident, have had their spinal cords completely severed at a level above that of the reflex center
- are still capable of having erections.
- cannot respond to the tactile stimulation of the genitals.
- are never able to ejaculate again.
- are able to experience orgasms as they normally would.
are able to experience orgasms as they normally would.
Which of the following is true of nipple erection?
- It occurs only during the refractory period.
- It is experienced only by women.
- It is experienced by both men and women.
- The stiffening is the result of detumescence.
It is experienced by both men and women.
Which of the following is an advantage of the woman-on-top position?
- It seldom tires the woman out, because the man does all the work.
- It provides a lot of clitoral stimulation for women.
- It is most suitable for couples who wish to increase the chances of conception.
- It is the only position that is suitable for obese partners.
It provides a lot of clitoral stimulation for women.
Based on brain-imaging research, which of the following is the role of the sexual interest network, which includes the nucleus accumbens (NAcc), amygdala, anterior cingulate cortex (pACC), and hypothalamus?
- to induce sexual arousal as a response to stimulation
- to induce refractory periods in males and females
- to regulate the action of inhibitory sexual processes
- to recognize sexual opportunity in the environment
to recognize sexual opportunity in the environment
An experiment conducted by researchers involved adding a synthesized female pheromone to the perfume of one group of women (the experimental group) and a placebo for another group (the control group). The researchers found that the women who had pheromone-treated perfume had intercourse more frequently than the control group. However, the two groups did not differ in their frequency of masturbation. This indicates that
- the pheromone made women less attractive to men.
- the pheromone reduced the attraction that women felt toward men.
- the pheromone increased the women’s attractiveness to men.
- the pheromone decreased the women’s sex drive.
the pheromone increased the women’s attractiveness to men.
Which of the following is true of masturbation?
- Women are physiologically incapable of stimulating themselves sexually.
- Masturbation is a sign of incipient sexual dysfunction.
- The majority of women in the United States masturbate to orgasm at least a few times during their lives.
- Women tend to masturbate more often than men.
The majority of women in the United States masturbate to orgasm at least a few times during their lives.
The second stage of detumescence occurs as a result of the
- dilation of the arteries supplying the penis.
- slow emptying of the corpus spongiosum and the glans.
- expansion of the orgasmic platform.
- swelling of the corpora cavernosa.
slow emptying of the corpus spongiosum and the glans.
Which of the following is true of the female orgasm?
- It does not always leave tangible evidence of its occurrence.
- It is of two types: uterine and ovarian.
- It occurs only during a woman’s refractory period.
- It can be achieved more quickly than the male orgasm.
It does not always leave tangible evidence of its occurrence.
Why was the Masters and Johnson’s model of sexual response criticized?
- It was representative of humankind as a whole only in terms of sexual drive.
- It ignored the basic physiology of sexual arousal and response.
- It gave too much weight to the desires and passions of the subjects.
- It did not study the cognitive and subjective aspects of sexual response.
It did not study the cognitive and subjective aspects of sexual response.
Vibrators
- cannot be used by people of all sexual orientations.
- are used only by heterosexual women.
- were once prescribed for medical purposes.
- are a relatively recent invention.
were once prescribed for medical purposes.
Which of the following is true of multiple orgasms?
- Multiple orgasms occur more often in women than in men.
- Men are not physiologically capable of having multiple orgasms.
- Multiple orgasms cannot be reached through hand-genital stimulation.
- Single orgasms differ physiologically from multiple orgasms.
Multiple orgasms occur more often in women than in men.
Which of the following is true of the side-to-side position?
- It cannot be used by heterosexual partners.
- It is not ideal for prolonged intercourse.
- It is ideal for obese partners.
- It is dangerous for pregnant women.
It is ideal for obese partners.
For an erection to occur,
- the body’s dopamine receptors need to be shut down temporarily.
- the arteries supplying the corpus spongiosum with blood should constrict.
- the veins carrying blood away from the penis need to dilate.
- the arteries supplying the corpora cavernosa with blood need to dilate.
the arteries supplying the corpora cavernosa with blood need to dilate.
