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Perception of being male or female
A. Gender identity
B. Normal sexuality
C. Sexual identity

A

B

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Human beings are ___________ based on their biological sex

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Cisgendered

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Affected by variety of social structures
A. Gender identity
B. Sexual identity
C. Normal sexuality

A

A

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Devoid of guilt or anxiety and not compulsive
A. Normal sexuality
B. Sexual identity
C. Gender identity

A

A

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Influenced by hormonal changes during pregnancy/genetic predisposition
A. Psychological aspects of human sexuality
B. Social aspects of human sexuality
C. Physiological aspects of human sexuality

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C

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Related to and derived from gender identity.

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Gender role

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Thoughts, feelings, behaviors connected with sexual gratification and reproduction and reproduction, including the attraction of one person to another
A. Sexual identity
B. Gender identity
C. Normal sexuality

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C

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Sense of ___________ predisposes them to mental illness

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Alienation

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Governed by rules of behavior and status quo
A. Social aspect
B. Psychological aspect
C. Physiological aspect

A

A

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Markers of sexual orientation (enumerate)

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"SEAS"
Self-labeling
Erotic arousal pattern
Actual sexual behavior
Sexual fantasy
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Describes the direction of an individual’s sexuality
A. Sexual intention
B. Sexual satisfaction
C. Sexual preference

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C

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What is normal sexual behavior?

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Sexual satisfaction

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What a person wants to do to his/her partner during the sexual behavior and what is done to him/her
A. Sexual satisfaction
B. Sexual arousal
C. Sexual intention

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C

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The emotion of sexual excitement based on pelvic vasocongestion and autonomic stimulation
A. Sexual arousal
B. Sexual intention
C. Sexual satisfaction

A

A

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This is an alternative lifestyle.

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Homosexuality

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Private judgment that sexual behavior is pleasurable
A. Sexual intention
B. Sexual satisfaction
C. Sexual arousal

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B

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Expression of identity through sex
A. Sexual identity
B. Gender identity
C. Normal sexuality

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C

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True or False. Sexual response is a true psychophysiological experience

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True

22
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Sexual response includes EXCEPT:
A. Orgasm
B. Arousal
C. Cramps
D. Fever
A

D

23
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Which of the following phase/s response cycle in relation to sexual stimulation is/are not correctly paired?
A. Phase 1: Desire
B. Phase 3: Excitement
C. Phase 2: Orgasm
D. Phase 4: Resolution
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B and C

P1: desire
P2: excitement
P3: orgasm
P4: resolution

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Motivation, drives and personality towards the love object
A. Desire
B. Orgasm
C. Resolution
D. Excitement
A

A

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Sexual experience before a union is formed
A. Committed pre-marital sex
B. Casual sex
C. Commercial pre-marital sex

A

A

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Gender:________::sex:biological

A

Social

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Subjective sense of pleasure form
A. Resolution
B. Orgasm
C. Desire
D. Excitement
A

D

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True or False. Masturbation becomes psychologic if it becomes a compulsion.

A

False. PATHOLOGIC

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True or False. If muscle relaxation does not occur 2-6 hours after orgasm, irritability and discomfort may be felt.

A

True

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Determined by anatomy, physiology, psychology, culture, relationship with others and developmental experiences
A. Gender identity
B. Normal sexuality
C. Sexual identity

A

B

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Peaking of sexual pleasure with subsequent release of sexual tension and rhythmic contraction of perineal muscles and the pelvic organs
A. Excitement
B. Orgasm
C. Resolution
D. Desire
A

B

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Sense of masculine or feminine
A. Sexual identity
B. Normal sexuality
C. Gender identity

A

C

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True or False. Women can orgasm multiple times because they have fast refractory period.

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False. Women DO NOT have refractory period.

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Q

Most common first sexual experience of boys
A. Casual sex
B. Committed pre-marital sex
C. Commercial pre-marital sex

A

A

38
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True or False. Masturbation causes mental illness or a decrease in sexual potency.

A

False. MYTH

39
Q

It form a release from excessive sexual tension.

A

Masturbation

40
Q

Defined as an activity that involved going out with someone of the opposite sex

A

Dating behavior or Date

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Disgorgement of blood from the genitalia
A. Resolution
B. Excitement
C. Desire
D. Orgasm
A

A

42
Q

Intercourse with acquaintance or friend
A. Commercial pre-marital sex
B. Committed pre-marital sex
C. Casual sex

A

C

43
Q

In what stage of developmental theories according to Freud does homosexuality can be manifested?

A

STAGE 5: identity and role diffusion

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Q

One pays for sexual favors
A. Committed pre-marital sex
B. Casual sex
C. Commercial pre-marital sex

A

C

46
Q

Masturbation is inevitable aspect of psychosexual development and in most cases, ____________.

A

ADAPTIVE

47
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True or False. Homosexuality is not a disorder.

A

True

49
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It is a person’s overt behavior, sexual orientation and a sense of personal or social identity.

A

Homosexuality

50
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They eliminated homosexuality as diagnostic category in 1973.

A

APA

52
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Psychiatric disorders were more prevalent among ______________ active people

A

Homosexual

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Expression of sexual sensation and intimacy between persons
A. Normal sexuality
B. Sexual identity
C. Gender identity

A

A

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