Chapter 14: Sexual Behaviour

Question 1

first sexual experience factors:

Answer 1

Positive emotional connections with family members

Parental disapproval of early sex and contraceptive use

Greater parental control

Sexual education

Question 2

Expectations of and Reactions to First Sexual Experiences

Answer 2

Most people recall their first experience as good - Men reported more pleasure than women, women more likely to experience pain, men reported more orgasm

Question 3

reluctant virgins

Answer 3

unsatisfied with virgin status, and attribute it to their body image, shyness, dating experience

Question 4

3 key components of sexual consent

Answer 4

1. clear understanding of what they are consenting to
2. .consent given freely
3. consent is ongoing

Question 5

sexual compliance

Answer 5

willingness to comply sexually when they do not desire sexual activity. can be good in couples

Question 6

levels of social script theory

Answer 6

cultural, interpersonal, individual

Question 7

Masturbation - Children as young as

Answer 7

2-3

Question 8

fellatio

Answer 8

oral simulation of penis

Question 9

frottage

Answer 9

dry humping

Question 10

Interpersonal Exchange Model of Sexual Satisfaction (IEMSS)

Answer 10

discrete sexual behaviours called “exchanges” experienced as a reward (pleasing) a cost (displeasing). both a reward and a cost (pleasing in some ways and displeasing in others) or neither a reward nor a cost

Question 11

sexual preferences: men report what?

Answer 11

engaging in masturbation using sexually explicit material more frequently and have more casual sex

Question 12

what background have lower sexual knowledge, more conservative attitudes about sex, later first sexual experiences, less sexual experience, lower sexual functioning, and fewer sexual responses

Answer 12

east asian canadians

Question 13

what is associated with better sexual health and functioning

Answer 13

vibrator use

Question 14

exposure to what in early identity development for SGD youth leads to positive outcomes

Answer 14

positive family and peer support

Question 15

couple who are relationally satisfied tend to stay __ over decades, and vice versa

Answer 15

sexually satisfied

Question 16

___ is no longer associated with greater well being at a frequency greater than one week

Answer 16

sexual frequency

Question 17

divorce rate - avg length

Answer 17

33%, 14.5 yrs

Question 18

Consensual non monogamy CnM

Answer 18

lesbians, gay, bi more likely to engage, - explicitly agree that each partner may have romantic or sexual relationships with other people

Question 19

polygyny

Answer 19

men and multiple women

Question 20

polyandry

Answer 20

women and multiple men

Question 21

Non-consensual Nonmonogamy

Answer 21

Most common causes for separation and divorce - relational factors (considered divorce, spousal violence)

Question 22

Agenda-Setting Theory

Answer 22

Proposes that media affect what we think is important by highlighting what we should pay attention to

media set the agenda

Media highlights what is sexually relevant

Question 23

cultivation theory

Answer 23

Develop a shared set of values and expectations about reality based on depictions of reality in media

Media depicts sex in similar ways

Question 24

social learning theory

Answer 24

Suggests that individual model their attitudes and behaviours on the fictional characters they see in media

Question 25

New Sexual Quality Theory

Four factors

Answer 25

The content of the sexual media being viewed

Short term/long-term factors can influence sexual quality and may differ according to the type of sexual media being viewed

The extent to which the sexual scripts that one is exposed to in sexual media are actually applied in ones sexual encounters

The influence of the couple context

Question 26

What are some things that partners can incorporate into their sexual repertoire to enhance pleasure and sexual satisfaction?

Answer 26

Sex Toys

Sexual Fantasy

Good sexual communication

Question 27

What are two factors that have been found to predict an earlier age of first sexual intercourse, and what are two factors that have been found to predict a later age of first sexual intercourse?

Answer 27

Earlier

Greater peer pressure to have sex

Substance use with friends

Having an older partner

Later

Sexual education

Better support group

Parental disapproval of sex

Question 28

Briefly describe the Interpersonal Exchange Model of Sexual Satisfaction.

Answer 28

Describes sexual behaviours as rewards (pleasing) or costs (displeasing) , both a reward or a cost, or neither a reward or cost