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Module 11: Relationships and Human Sexuality Flashcards

1
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What is the key to developing healthy relationships

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communication

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2
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What makes up healthy verbal communication (3)

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  • Desire to know
  • Decision to tell
  • Includes talking and listening
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3
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Fill in the blank: Non verbal communication makes up ___ of communication?

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67%

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4
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What makes up healthy non-verbal communication (4)

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  • Touch, eye contact, facial expression, proximity
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What are the keys to communication (3)?

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self disclosure, listening and feedback

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6
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Define: self-perception

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Self-perception: can influence interactions with others; lack of self-esteem can impact relationships

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Define: friendship

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Friendship: enhanced feelings of warmth, trust, respect; honesty, acceptance, empathy and loyalty

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Define: dating

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Dating: Spending time together, practicing communication skills, seeing if romantic feelings develop; testing compatibility

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Define: romantic attraction

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Romantic attraction: What is attractive? (warmth and kindness? physical attributes? financial stability?)

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Define: intimacy

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Intimacy: open trust, sharing of close confidential thoughts and feelings; not always (but often) sexual

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Explain the Triangle Theory of Love and who came up with it

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  • Robert Sternberg
  • 3 sides of love: commitment, passion, intimacy
  • Different types of love can form if 2 of the 3 sides of the triangle are present.
  • Passion and commitment: fatuous love
  • Intimacy and passion: romantic love
  • Intimacy and commitment: compassionate love
  • All 3: mature love/consummate love
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What are some crucial ingredients for commitment

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  • Love, sex, and intimacy
  • Mutual trust, caring; respect, affection, loyalty
  • Willingness to tolerate flaws
  • Effective communication
  • Willingness to change in response to each other
  • Sharing of duties and responsibilities (egalitarian roles)
  • Balance of individual and joint interests/activities
  • Shared morals and values
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13
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What are some examples of committed relationships (3)?

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partnerships, cohabitation, marriage

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What are the theories (2) and possible reasons (4) why married people are healthier and live longer.

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  • Selection theory: healthy people are more attractive, more likely to get married
  • Protection theory: married people look after each other, support each other
  • Possible reasons why: genetic selection, support of a partner, positive effect of raising children, better lifestyle values
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Warning signs of an unhealthy relationship

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  • Physical, emotional or sexual abuse
  • Codependency: relying on your partner for approval and where they are enabling your bad behaviour
  • Criticism, contempt, defensiveness, withdrawal
  • Attempting to control various aspects of your life
  • Frequently humiliating you
  • Wanting to know where you are at all times
  • Becoming jealous or angry
  • Threatening harm
  • Trying to coerce you
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16
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When did marriage and divorce rates increase and decrease

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  • increase in marriages during WW2
  • Drop in marriage rate during the great depression and from 1970s forwards
  • Divorce act (1968) and amendment (1985)
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17
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When was same sex marriage legalized?

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2004

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18
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What % of same sex couples are:

  • married
  • married and male
  • live in Canada’s 3 largest cities
  • married and have children
  • common law and have children
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  • ~16.5% of couples are married
  • ~54% of married couples are male
  • Half of all same sex couples live in Canada’s 3 largest cities
  • 16% of married couples have children
  • 7% of common law couples have children
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define: sex

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Sex: Biological categorization based on physical features (e.g., chromosomes, hormones, genitalia); most individuals are either XX (female) or XY (male)

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define: gender

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Gender: Includes roles and identity. Social categorization based on psychological characteristics and roles that society assigns to the biological sexes; more “fluid” than sex; may or may not agree with biological categorization

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define: sexual orientation

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Sexual Orientation: An individual’s emotional and erotic orientation toward people of the same sex or another sex.

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22
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define: Alfred Kinsey Scale

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Alfred Kinsey Scale: sexual orientation is a spectrum

exclusively heterosexual ← → exclusively homosexual

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23
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What institute did Alfred Kinsey find and where?

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Alfred Kinsey founded the institute for sex research at the Indiana University in 1947

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24
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function: egg (ovum)

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Egg (ovum): unites with sperm (fertilization)

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function: ovaries (2)

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  • production of eggs; released during ovulation

- production estrogen and progesterone

26
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function: uterine tube

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site of fertilization

27
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function: uterus

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region where fetus develops

28
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function: vagina

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canal for childbirth; penis

29
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function: vulva (2)

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  • Outer female genitalia

- Erogenous zone

30
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What does the vulva consist of

A

mons pubis
labia
clitoris

31
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function: mons pubis

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pubic region covered by hair

32
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function: labia (minor/major)

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inner and outer folds of skin that cover the vagina

33
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function: clitoris

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pleasure centre

34
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function: testes

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produces sperm and testosterone

35
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function: scrotum

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encloses and protects testes

36
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function: epididymis

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stores sperm

37
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function: vas deferens

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connects the epididymis with the urethra

38
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function: urethra

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transports both semen and urine through the penis and out of the body

39
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Fill in the blank: the penis has two types of _______.

A
  • erectile tissue
40
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How does an erection occur?

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erection occurs when spaces in erectile tissue fill with blood

41
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What is the name for the end of the penis

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glans

42
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What is the frenulum

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Posterior indentation called the frenulum is the most sensitive part of the penis

43
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function: scrotum

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Contains sperm producing testes

44
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What temperature is optimal for sperm production

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34degC

45
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What is the average penis length

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5-6 inches erect

46
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What is the average length of an aroused vagina

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4.25-4.75 inches

47
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Fill in the blank: ___ into a vagina has the most nerve endings

A

1/5

48
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Fill in the blank: ___ or more of women are satisfied with their partner’s size
___ of men are satisfied with their size

A

80%; 55%

49
Q

List 2 renowned sex researchers

A

William Masters & Virginia Johnson

50
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What are the 4 stages of human sexual response

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  1. Excitement phase
  2. Plateau phase
  3. Orgasmic phase
  4. Resolution phase
51
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Define: refractory period

A

period after a male orgasm where another ogasm cannot be achieved

52
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What stage of the human sexual response do women experience longer than men

A

resolution

53
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Name for oral sex for female and male

A

Cunnilingus (female)

Fellatio (male)

54
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What sex variation has the highest transmission of HIV, gonorrhea, and syphilis

A

anal intercourse

55
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What are the physiological risk factors behind erectile dysfunction

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  • high BP, high cholesterol, diabetes, alcohol, smoking, obesity, nerve damage
56
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What are the psychological risk factors behind erectile dysfunction

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  • performance anxiety, stress, mental disorder
57
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What are the treatments for erectile dysfunction

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  • physiological treatment: Viagra/ Cialis, constriction rings
  • psychological treatment: therapy
58
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What are the 2 male performance concerns

A
  • erectile dysfunction

- premature ejactulation

59
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What are the treatments for premature ejaculation?

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  • practicing control/endurance; non-sexual thoughts; swapping foreplay and sex throughout; desensitizing cream
60
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How can female sexual dysfunction occur

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Can be physiological, psychological, hormonal, psychosocial

61
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What defines female sexual dysfunction

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Persistent and recurring issues with arousal, desire, sexual response, pain, and/or achieving orgasm.

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