Exam 2

Question 1

Refers to sexual, attractions one has to others

Answer 1

Sexual Orientation

Question 2

People who are physically attracted to more than one sex

Answer 2

Bisexuality

Question 3

Heterosexually identified women who engage in sexual activity with women for the purpose of pleasing or arousing men

Answer 3

Performative Bisexuality

Question 4

Challenges assumption that individuals defined by some type of sexual attraction

Answer 4

Asexuality

Question 5

Sexual attraction, romantic love or emotional attraction toward people of any sex or gender identity

Answer 5

Pansexual, polysexual, or omnisexual

Question 6

People who do not identity as heterosexual and/or cisgender

Answer 6

Queer

Question 7

Who term the word sexual fluidity?

Answer 7

Lisa Diamond

Question 8

Bad heterosexual experiences cause a person to become gay (e.g., sexual abuse of opposite sex)

Answer 8

Myth

Question 9

Some erroneously believe individuals become homosexual because seduced by or influenced by other homosexual person

Answer 9

Seduction Myth

Question 10

What determines a person’s sexual orientation?

Answer 10

• Cross-culturally robust finding that adult homosexuality is strongly related to childhood gender nonconformity
• Moderate genetic influences demonstrated in well-sampled twins studies
• Cross-culturally robust fraternal-birth-order effect on male sexual orientation

Question 11

Originate from a single fertilized ovum that divides into 2 separate embryos w/ identical genetics

Answer 11

Monozygotic or Identical Twins

Question 12

Originate when a woman ovaries release 2 ova & fertilized by different sperm

Answer 12

Dizygotic or Fraternal Twins

Question 13

Is the study of how your behaviors & environment can cause changes that affect they way your genes work by changing how body reads a DNA sequence

Answer 13

Epigenetics

Question 14

Describes anti homosexual attitudes that stigmatize & denigrate any behaviors, identities, relationships, & communities that are not heterosexual

Answer 14

Homophobia

Question 15

Belief that heterosexuality is somehow better than LGBTQ identities

Answer 15

Heterosexism

Question 16

What are Robert Sternberg 3 dimensions of love?

Answer 16

• Passion
• Intimacy
• Commitment

Question 17

What is passion?

Answer 17

• Romantic feelings
• Physical attraction
• Desire for sexual interaction
• Addiction
• Powerful cravings
• Beginning of a romance
• Usually short-lived
• Not always indicative of successful relationship

Question 18

What is intimacy?

Answer 18

• Emotional component
• Sense of being bonded
• Emotional closeness
• Willingness to help the other
• Share private thoughts & feelings

Question 19

What is commitment?

Answer 19

• Cognitive component
• Conscious decision to love one another & maintain a relationship
• Tackle obstacles
• For example: arranged marriages

Question 20

Rapid increase, then decline

Answer 20

Passion

Question 21

Slowly increase

Answer 21

Intimacy & Commitment

Question 22

Intimacy & commitment predicted long & stable relationship

Answer 22

Dating Couples Study

Question 23

Married couples had higher levels of intimacy & commitment while passion declined

Answer 23

Married/Unmarried Couples Study

Question 24

What are John Allan Lee six love styles?

Answer 24

• Romantic lover
• Game-playing lover
• Possessive lover
• Companionate lover
• Altruistic lover
• Pragmatic lover

Question 25

What is a romantic lover?

Answer 25

- Emphasize physical beauty - Affectionate & communicative

Question 26

What is a game-playing lover?

Answer 26

- Sexual “conquests” - Little/no commitment - Love is for fun & transitory - Enjoys the art of seduction

Question 27

What is a possessive lover?

Answer 27

- Obsessive relationships - Emotional turmoil, jealousy

Question 28

What is a companionate lover?

Answer 28

- Starts w/ friendship - Slow to develop - Peaceful & enduring

Question 29

What is altruistic lover?

Answer 29

- Selfless & caring - Not demanding/jealous

Question 30

What is a pragmatic lover?

Answer 30

- Use rational, practical criteria - Shared interests

Question 31

What happens when two people tend toward different styles of loving according to Lee?

Answer 31

- Loving relationships frequently fail to thrive over time because “speaking different languages when speak of love” - Satisfaction and success in loving relationships often depends on finding a partner that shares same style or approach to loving.

Question 32

What are Chapman’s five ways of expressing/receiving love called love languages?

Answer 32

- Receiving gifts - Quality time - Words of affirmation - Acts of service (devotion) - Physical touch

Question 33

Chemical signals b/w neurons & other cells

Answer 33

Neurotransmitters

Question 34

Affect mood, motivation, attention, & excitement

Answer 34

Dopamine (DA) & Norepinephrine (NE)

Question 35

Affects mood, obsession, sex, & sleep

Answer 35

Serotonin

Question 36

Hormone involved in uterine contractions, love, & bonding b/w lovers, family, parental; decrease cortisol levels (stress) and orgasm increases levels

Answer 36

Oxytocin (released from pituitary gland)

Question 37

Affects pair bonding, social behavior, & memory formation

Answer 37

Vasopressin (released from pituitary gland)

Question 38

With whom do we fall in love?

Answer 38

- Proximity - Similarity - Reciprocity - Physical attractiveness

Question 39

Refer to as “turned on” or “revved up” or “hot” like an energy system

Answer 39

Sexual Arousal

Question 40

Gateway to outside world is largest organ in body

Answer 40

Skin

Question 41

Areas of body particularly sensitive to touch, & that lead to sexual arousal when stimulated

Answer 41

Erogenous zones

Question 42

What are primary erogenous zones?

Answer 42

- Dense in nerve endings - Often located around body openings, such as genitals, mouth, ears & anus

Question 43

Become sensitized through personal experience, & are specific for each person

Answer 43

Secondary erogenous zones

Question 44

More stimulating for males than females

Answer 44

Hypothesis

Question 45

Initiate sense because object must be taken into body through the mouth

Answer 45

Taste

Question 46

Sounds can both enhance or lessen arousal

Answer 46

Hearing

Question 47

Substances that are thought to arouse or increase sexual response

Answer 47

Aphrodisiacs

Question 48

Substance that diminishes sexual desire

Answer 48

Anaphrodisiac

Question 49

Low-functioning of ovaries or testes

Answer 49

Hypogonadism

Question 50

Surgical or chemical disabling of testes drastically reducing T levels

Answer 50

Castration

Question 51

What are the 4 phases of the sexual response cycle?

Answer 51

- Excitement - Plateau - Orgasm - Resolution

Question 52

What are methods of stimulation?

Answer 52

- Masturbation - Manual/Oral - Coitus - Fantasy

Question 53

Body tissues become engorged w/ blood

Answer 53

Vasocongestion