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Lecture #4 Sexual Orientation Flashcards

1
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characterized as a mechanism, analogous to a compass, that
directs one’s sexual attraction, arousal, fantasy, and feelings

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Sexual orientation

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attraction to individuals whose sex is
opposite to oneself

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Heterosexual

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attraction to individuals whose sex is
the same as oneself

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Homosexual

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attraction to both sexes

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Bisexual

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True/False - Whatever is producing homosexuality/heterosexuality is the same for both males and females?

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TRUE

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A term sometimes used to mimic bisexuality?

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Ambiphilic

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sexual attraction adult females

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Gynephilic

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sexual attraction to adult males

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Androphilic

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sexual attraction to adults of both sexes

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Ambiphilic (Bi-sexual)

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Androphilic male? =

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Gay (Homosexual) = male attracted to another male

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Androphilic female? =

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Straight (heterosexual) = female attracted to males

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Gynephilic Male

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Straight (heterosexual) = male attracted to females

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Gynephilic Female

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Lesbian (homosexual) = female attracted to another female.

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14
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Relative sexual attraction to adult males,
to adult females, or to both
when given a choice

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Sexual orientation

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Androphilic males and androphilic females are more similar to each other and share aspects of development! Same goes for gynaphilic males and gynaphilic females; they are more similar in nature.

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REMEMBER THIS!

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16
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what are some commonly Employed Indices of
Sexual Orientation?

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  • Sexual (orientation) identity
  • Sexual behavior
  • Sexual feelings (attractions, fantasies)
  • Sexual (physiological) arousal
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Do Indices all line up?

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No, not necesarilly. A male might be married and love a woman but his penile blood flow (physiological aspect) is saying something different.

The different indices of sexual orientation are not necessarily
concordant.

So these indices are different phenomenon!!

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18
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when conceptualized as something that encompasses all four of these indices, sexual orientation is what?

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social construct!

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What tends to be the best way to figure out someones true sexual orientation?

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Sexual feelings!

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20
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How do you measure an individuals sexual feelings?

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Kinsey scale; invented. by Alfred Kinsey.
Likert scale.
0->6
Exclusively heterosexual to exclusively homosexual

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21
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What are the pitfalls involved in assessing sexual feelings?

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  1. People can intentionally misreport their
    sexual behaviour and feelings (lie).
  2. People can also unintentionally
    misreport their sexual behaviour and
    feelings (confabulate).
22
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producing an explanation, but not one that that
accounts for the real factors underlying one’s behavior or psychology

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Confabulation

23
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What is the flip side of attraction?

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The flip side of attraction is aversion or disgust

24
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Are we aware of when we confabulate?

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No! but we are aware of when we lie!

25
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Sternberg’s Triangular Theory of Love, what are the three concepts of that triangle?

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Passion Commitment and Intimacy

26
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What’s love got to do with sexual orientation?

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Some forms of love are probably closely linked to
sexual orientation including:
* Infatuation (Passion)
* Romantic love (Passion + Intimacy)
* Fatuous love (Passion + Commitment)
* Consummate love (Passion + Intimacy + Commitment)

27
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Infatuation =

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passion

28
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Romantic love =

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passion + intimacy

29
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Fatuous love =

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Passion + Commitment

30
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Consummate love =

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passion, intimacy, and commitment

31
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Many types of love do not involve
sexual feelings including:

A
  • Liking (Intimacy)
  • Empty love (Commitment)
  • Companionate love
    (Intimacy + Commitment).
32
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What are some other dimensions of sexual orientation?

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Age, location, species, activity

33
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sexual attraction to adults

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Teleiophilia –

34
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sexual attraction pubescent individuals

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Hebephilia

35
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sexual attraction to pre-pubescent children

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Pedophilia

36
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sexual attraction to humans

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Anthrophilia

37
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sexual attraction to animals

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Zoophilia

38
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Sexual excitment obtained through sex with non-human species

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beastiality

39
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sexual arousal to being subjected to pain, suffering
and humiliation

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Masochism

40
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sexual arousal to inflicting pain, suffering and
humiliation (Christian grey on 50 shades)

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Sadism

41
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sexual arousal to sexual activity with nonconsenting partners

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Biastophilia

42
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What two factors do the geometry love triangle depend on?

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intensity of love and balance of love

43
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What is consumate love?

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intimacy, passion, commitment

Perfect couple. Can be hard to obtain and difficult to keep.

44
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What is liking?

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intimacy alone. just friends with alex for example.

45
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what is romantic love?

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intimacy and passion
Romeo and Juliet

46
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what is empty love?

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decision/commitment alone
usually the final stage of a long term relationship

47
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what is fatuous love?

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passion + commitment
“Hollywood relationships or whirlwind courtships

48
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What is infatuated love

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passion alone. “love at first sight” kind of creepy alomost.

Tom obsessing over lisa.

49
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what is companiate love?

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intimacy and commitment
Best friend - long term

50
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what is Non love?

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the absence of all three components of love

51
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