Sex and Relationships

Question 1

Psychologist Carl Rogers described three conditions that characterize healthy relationships

Answer 1

genuineness, empathy, and unconditional positive regard

Question 2

a gender role

Answer 2

the activities, abilities, and other characteristics our culture considers appropriate for our biological sex assigned at birth.

Question 3

style of attachment

Answer 3

people who are secure in their intimate relationships probably had a secure, trusting, mutually satisfying attachment to their parents or caregivers

People who are clinging and dependent in their relationships may have had an anxious/ambivalent attachment, in which a caregiver’s inconsistent responses made them unsure that their needs would be met

People who run from relationships may have had an anxious/avoidant attachment as children. In this type of attachment, a caregiver’s responses were either engulfing or abandoning

Question 4

According to psychologist Robert Sternberg, love has three dimensions

Answer 4

intimacy, passion, and commitment

Question 5

polyamory

Answer 5

The practice of having more than one consensual intimate relationship at a time; also referred to as consensual non-monogamy.

Question 6

Sex

Answer 6

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

Question 7

Gender

Answer 7

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

Question 8

Sexual Orientation

Answer 8

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

Question 9

‘4 stages of
human sexual response

Answer 9

1. Excitement phase
2. Plateau phase
3. Orgasmic phase
   – Refractory phase (males)
4. Resolution phase