CH 1

Question 1

Incest

Answer 1

Having emotional and sexual relationships with someone of the same blood (cousin, brother, sister, etc)

Question 2

Pederasty

Answer 2

Sexual activity involving a man and a boy or youth. Seen in Ancient Greece to mentor others on sexual practices

Question 3

Libido & Thanatos

Answer 3

Sexual and life instincts while the other means death instinct

Question 4

The ID

Answer 4

Most basic part of the personality and contains the libido. Often called as the pleasure principle , it seeks gratification and pleasure of its needs

Question 5

The Ego

Answer 5

The reality principle as it exists to keep the ID in check. Often referred to as the parent. Tries to satisfy the ID necessities in a rational way that avoids self destruction

Question 6

The Superego

Answer 6

Can be thought as our conscious and the judge of the ID and Ego. Tries to persuade ego to do what is moral not what’s realistic

Question 7

Classical conditioning

Answer 7

Stimulus can be paired with another stimulus to produce an association. Example is Pavlov’s experiment of ringing a bell and showing a dog meat powder. The dog will associate the imaging of the bell as good thus induce salivation even when food isn’t around.

Question 8

Operant conditioning

Answer 8

When behaviors are reinforced , rewarded or dealt with pleasurable consequences in terms of sexual activity, behavior is repeated. When behavior is punished (consequences are unpleasant) they occur with less frequency

Question 9

Reparative therapy or conversion therapy

Answer 9

Invasive therapy involving conditioning principles to reverse ones sexual orientation. Extremely harmful to persons psychological well being

Question 10

Social or observational learning

Answer 10

Behavioral tendencies are acquired through observation of other people

Question 11

Exchange theories

Answer 11

Offer psychological explanations for human behavior and help us understand how social relationships are formed, maintained, and terminated

Question 12

Comparison level

Answer 12

The standard by which we judge our relationships. Ex: comparing outcomes of current relationship to those of the past

Question 13

Personality psychology

Answer 13

the study of relatively stable, intrapsychic factors that generate consistent patterns of behavior

Question 14

The Big Five

Answer 14

Five distinct personality factors that influence a persons behavior
-openness to experience
-conscientiousness
-extra version
-agreeableness
-neuroticism

Question 15

Erotophobic and Erotophilic

Answer 15

Erotophobc - strong and negative emotions towards sex and sexual activities
Erotophilic - strong and positive attitudes towards sex and sexual activities

Question 16

Sensation seeking

Answer 16

tendency to pursue thrilling and risky activities

Question 17

Sociosexuality

Answer 17

refers to a person’s willingness to have sex in the absence of commitment and without an emotional connection to one’s partner

Question 18

Evolutionary psychology

Answer 18

human beings have an inherent motivation to produce as many of their own offspring as possible

Question 19

Sexual strategies theory

Answer 19

Different approaches to mating has evolved bc the parental investment to produce a child differs across sexes

Question 20

Biopsychosocial perspective

Answer 20

Using the psychological, biological, and social perspectives to discuss human sexual