Sexuality

Question 1

Sexuality

Answer 1

Individual differences in sexual behaviours, preferences and attitudes

Sexual arousal, orientation and commitment

Question 2

Sexuality - Sexual Arousal

Answer 2

Tendency to feel sexually aroused, attractive and have a general interest in sex

Low sexual arousal results in celibacy or abstinence

Question 3

Sexuality - Sexual Arousal, Personality

Answer 3

r = .45 Extraversion

More extroverted individuals have a stronger sex drive and sense of attractiveness

Question 4

Sexuality - Sexual Arousal, Origins, Dawood et al 2005

Answer 4

Heritability of orgasm frequency

Masturbation .50
Partner .30 - .40

Question 5

Sexuality - Sexual Arousal, Origins, Biological Basis

Answer 5

Link to dopamine system for reward and pleasure

Question 6

Sexuality - Sexual Commitment

Answer 6

Inclination to be committed to one’s partner

Weak devotion results in polygamy or unfaithfulness

Question 7

Sexuality - Sexual Commitment, Personality

Answer 7

.50 Conscientiousness, Agreeableness

Question 8

Sexuality - Sexual Commitment, Personality, Sociosexual Orientation

Answer 8

Inclination to be comfortable having sex with one or multiple people

Question 9

Sexuality - Sexual Commitment, Personality, Sociosexual Orientation, Restricted

Answer 9

Tendency to only feel comfortable having sex with someone with whom you have strong emotional bonds with

Question 10

Sexuality - Sexual Commitment, Personality, Sociosexual Orientation, Unrestricted

Answer 10

Willingness to engage in sex in the absence of commitment

Question 11

Sexuality - Sexual Commitment, Personality, Sociosexual Orientation, Unrestricted, Simpson & Gangested 1991

Answer 11

• .36 Honesy-Humility
• .24 Emotional Stability
• .20 Agreeableness
• .18 Conscientiousness

Question 12

Sexuality - Sexual Commitment, Personality, Sociosexual Orientation, Unrestricted, Reise & Wright 1996

Answer 12

.25 Narcissism

.34 Psychoticism

Question 13

Sexuality - Sexual Commitment, Origins, Biological Basis

Answer 13

Testosterone levels are positively correlated to number of sexual partners in men

Dopamine levels are positively correlated to levels of promiscuity and infidelity

Question 14

Sexuality - Sexual Commitment, Origins, Sociosexual Orientation

Answer 14

More men are unrestricted
More women are restricted

Evolutionary function is to impact the survival of offspring
Sexy-son strategy to enhance son’s reproductive success

Question 15

Sexuality - Sexual Commitment, Origins, Sociosexual Orientation, Bailey et al 2000

Answer 15

Heritability of sociosexual orientation is low

Shows unique environment effects

Question 16

Sexuality - Sexual Orientation

Answer 16

Preference for same or other sex partners

Question 17

Sexuality - Sexual Orientation, Statistics

Answer 17

92% heterosexual
4% Men 7% Women partly homosexual
4% Men 1% Women homosexual

Question 18

Sexuality - Sexual Orientation, Personality, Bem 1974

Answer 18

Individuals have a masculine or feminine personality, regardless of their true sex

Question 19

Sexuality - Sexual Orientation, Personality, Lippa 2000

Answer 19

Gender-related interests affect orientation - gender diagnosticity

Question 20

Sexuality - Sexual Orientation, Personality, Lippa 2000, Lesbian women

Answer 20

Increased Openness to Experience, instrumentality, gender-diagnosticity and self-rated masculinity
Low Neuroticism

Question 21

Sexuality - Sexual Orientation, Personality, Lippa 2000, Gay men

Answer 21

Decreased gender-diagnosticity and self-reported masculinity

Increased expressiveness, Openness to Experience and Agreeableness

Question 22

Sexuality - Sexual Orientation, Personality, Lippa 2000, Bisexual men

Answer 22

Increased gender diagnositicity

Similar levels of self-reported masculinity to gay men

Question 23

Sexuality - Sexual Orientation, Personality, Lippa 2000, Bisexual women

Answer 23

Between heterosexual and homosexual women on levels of self-reported masculinity and gender diagnosticity

Question 24

Sexuality - Sexual Orientation, Personality, Lewis & Seaman 2004

Answer 24

Homosexuals show increased museum, opera or classical performance attendance, increased instrument playing and increased tendency to become artists or performance

This is relative to the proportion of homosexuals

Question 25

Sexuality - Sexual Orientation, Origins, Bem 1996

Answer 25

Exotic becomes erotic

If children play with the same sex during childhood, the other sex is different and become exotic which becomes erotic at puberty

If children play with the different sex during childhood, the same sex is different and become exotic wich becomes erotic at puberty

Question 26

Sexuality - Sexual Orientation, Origins

Answer 26

Samples are small and difficult to obtain

Mostly unique environmental effects
Some shared environmental effects for women

Question 27

Sexuality - Sexual Orientation, Origins, Bailey, Dunne & Martin 2000

Answer 27

Childhood gender nonconformity correlates to orientation at adulthood

Heritability of orientation .50

Question 28

Sexuality - Sexual Orientation, Origins, Bogaert

Answer 28

Effects of unique environment - birth order

For every older brother a boy has they are 38% more likely to be homosexual
Later born children tend to be more Open to Experience as do homosexuals, indicating a link