ch.11

Question 1

heterocentric

Answer 1

assumption of a universal heterosexual orientation

Question 2

domestic partnership/civil union

Answer 2

legal contract between 2 members of the same sex that imparts all or most of the legal benefits of marriage but isn’t socially/ religiously equated with heterosexual marriage

Question 3

exotic becomes erotic theory

Answer 3

Daryl Bem’s explanation for the interaction of biology and environment in determining a person’s sexual orientation. people are not born for a certain sexual orientation, but rather for varying childhood tempraments such as aggression, activity level, shyness

Question 4

gender conforming behavior

Answer 4

behavior that is consistent with traditional cultural expectations for a child’s sex

Question 5

protected classes

Answer 5

specific groups of people protected under federal and state antidiscrimination laws. identified by race, religion, sex, age

Question 6

sodomy laws

Answer 6

laws prohibiting specfific sexual activities between adults, even in private with their consent

Question 7

psychological defense mechanism

Answer 7

psychological distortion of reality serving to defend against personally unacceptable thoughts or urges

Question 8

reaction formation

Answer 8

type of defense mechanism in which a person engages in exaggerated behaviors in the opposite direction of internal urges felt to be unacceptbale/ intolerable

Question 9

penile plethysmograph

Answer 9

electronic device that records blood flow to the penis to detect sexual arousal