Chapter 10 - Sexual Orientation

Question 1

Sexual Orientation

Answer 1

The directionality of one’s sexual interests- toward members of the same gender, the other gender, or both.

Question 2

Heterosexual Orientation

Answer 2

Erotic attraction to, preference for, and developing romantic relationships with members of the other gender.

Question 3

Homosexual Orientation

Answer 3

Erotic attraction to, preference for, and developing romantic relationships with members of the same gender.

Question 4

Gay Males

Answer 4

Makes who are erotically attracted to and desire to form romantic relationships with other males.

Question 5

Heteroerotic

Answer 5

Of an erotic nature and involving members of the other gender.

Question 6

Homoerotic

Answer 6

Of an erotic nature and involving members of one’s own gender.

Question 7

Homophobia

Answer 7

A cluster of negative attitudes and feelings toward gay people, including intolerance, hatred, and fear.

Question 8

Biphobia

Answer 8

Negative attitudes and feelings toward bisexual people, including the intolerance, hatred, and fear.

Question 9

Monozygotic (MZ) Twins

Answer 9

Twins who develop from the same fertilized ovum; identical twins.

Question 10

Dizygotic (DZ) Twins

Answer 10

Twins who develop from different fertilized ovum; fraternal twins.

Question 11

Concordance

Answer 11

Agreement.

Question 12

Activating Effects

Answer 12

Those effects of sex hormones that influence the level of the sex drive but not sexual orientation.

Question 13

Castration Anxiety

Answer 13

In psychoanalytic theory, a man’s fear that his genitals will be removed. Castration anxiety is an element of the Oedipus complex and is implicated in the directionality of erotic interests.

Question 14

Butch

Answer 14

A lesbian who assumes a traditional masculine role.

Question 15

Femme

Answer 15

A lesbian who assumes a traditional feminine role.

Question 16

Gay Bashing

Answer 16

Violence again homosexuals.

Question 17

In ancient _______, men often had sexual relationships with adolescent males.

(a) Egypt
(b) Greece
(c) Rime
(d) Macedonia

Answer 17

(b) Greece

Question 18

_______ are most likely to share a homosexual orientation.

(a) Monozygotic twins
(b) Dizygotic twins
(c) Parents and their biological children
(d) Adoptive parents and their adopted children

Answer 18

(a) Monozygotic twins

Question 19

Psychoanalytic theory ties male homosexuality to faulty resolution of the ________ complex.

(a) inferiority
(b) Electra
(c) whore-Madonna
(d) Oedipus

Answer 19

(d) Oedipus

Question 20

The hypothalamus of gay males responds similarly to that of _______ when gay males are presented with the odor of testosterone derivative.

(a) heterosexual men
(b) heterosexual women
(c) lesbians
(d) bisexuals

Answer 20

(b) heterosexual women

Question 21

Homosexuals differ from transgendered people in that homosexuals

(a) are satisfied with their anatomic sex.
(b) are dissatisfied with their anatomic sex.
(c) are confused about their gender identify.
(d) seek therapy to change their sexual orientation.

Answer 21

(a) are satisfied with their anatomic sex.

Question 22

Ivanka Savic and her colleagues suggest that sexual differentiation and sexual identity may reflect the timing of prenatal surges of

(a) dopamine.
(b) serotonin.
(c) estrogen.
(d) testosterone.

Answer 22

(d) testosterone.

Question 23

According to Savin-Willams and Diamond, the first step in the development of sexual identity in homosexuals is

(a) sex with members of the same gender.
(b) attraction to members of same gender.
(c) acceptance of one’s sexual orientation.
(d) self-labeling as gay or lesbian.

Answer 23

(b) attraction to members of same gender.

Question 24

_______ tried to develop methods to “reverse” a homosexual orientation.

(a) Masters and Johnson
(b) Laumann
(c) Freud
(d) Kinsey

Answer 24

(a) Masters and Johnson

Question 25

In contrast to Kinsey and his colleagues, Vrangalova and Savin-Williams (2012) see sexual attraction to people of one’s own gender or the other as

(a) one-dimensional.
(b) two-dimensional.
(c) three-dimensional.
(d) four-dimensional.

Answer 25

(b) two-dimensional.

Question 26

The behavior of adolescent Sambian males provides evidence that

(a) some cultures are superior to others.
(b) sexual orientation is genetic.
(c) homosexuality is normal.
(d) culture influences sexual practices.

Answer 26

(d) culture influences sexual practices.