Test 2 Flashcards
What is “passing”?
Presenting a false image of being heterosexual
what is a dominant homosexual referred to as?
Butch
What is a submissive homosexual referred to as?
Femme
What is sequential bisexuality?
Sex solely with one gender, followed by sex solely with the other
What is the condition characterized by a low interest in sex?
Asexual
What are the biological factors that try to explain sexual orientation?
- Genetic DNA markers, genes, chromosomes, neuroanatomy
- Hormone (prenatal), androgen levels
- Brain structure contributions (cerebral hemisphere size, markers in the hypothalamus)
- Birth order (maternal immune hypothesis)
What are the psychological and sociological perspectives on sexual orientation?
- Developmental
- Life experiences
- Learned rewards/punishment
- Body images
- unhappy heterosexual experiences, seduction, smothering, passive/dominant parents, absent father
- different traits
What % of males and females are gay?
- 3-4% of males are gay
- 1-3% of females are lesbian
- 2-5% identify as bisexual
What is the Alfred Kinsey model?
Describes sexual behavior on a linear 7-point scale that suggests sexuality is a fluid and continuous variable
What is the Michael Storm model?
Conceptualizes sexual orientation on a two-dimensional grid with one axis representing high to low heteroeroticism and the cross axis representing high-to-low homoeroticism
What is the Klein Sexual Orientation Grid?
Took the Kinsey Continuum further by including more dimensions and to see if it’s changed over time
Is there a difference in sexual orientation of homosexual parenting compared to heterosexual parenting?
No
What is the gay parenting statistics?
- 1 in 3 lesbians have given birth
- 1 in 6 gay men have fathered or adopted
Who is the last person to find out about sexual orientation?
Parents. Usually 26% are forced to leave home
When do people develop a sexual orientation?
- 80% develop by teen years
- come out much later
What is the rejecting-punitive stance of Christianity?
- believes homosexuality is a sin
- unconditionally rejects it
- bears a punitive attitude toward gay people
What is the rejecting-nonpunitive stance of Christianity?
- believes homosexuality is inherently unnatural and must be condemned
- but because of God’s grace, the homosexual person must not be condemned
What is the qualified acceptance stance of Christianity?
- believes that homosexuality is a sin
- acknowledges that homosexuality is largely unsusceptible to change by contemporary medical and psychological science
- homosexuals should maintain fully committed relationships
What is the full acceptance stance of Christianity?
- believes sexuality is intrinsically important for the capacity of love
- ethical sexual relationships include a commitment to each other regardless of the sex of the partner
What are examples of nonverbal communications?
majority of communication!!
- facial expressions
- hand and arm gestures
- postures, body positioning
- speech rates
What % of college students log on to FB multiple times a day?
80%
What are genderlects?
We learn different ways and rules of communicating
What are the common ways men communicate?
- less likely to share painful feelings
- try to go for quick and easy solutions
- more forceful
- loud and demanding
- self-protective
- interrupt more frequently
- REPORT TALK
What are the common ways women communicate?
- more emotional in their communication
- want to share
- take longer to share
- listen without interruption
- want to talk about feelings
- RAPPORT TALK
- tag questions
- use more nonverbal
What is an affectively oriented communication skill?
more comforting and involve significant amounts of listening, more valued by women
What is an instrumentally oriented communication skill?
More persuasive and narrative, more valued by men
What are the two primary goals of communication?
- get the job done: send the message
- Relational goal: maintain a relationship
T/F: Silence and body language can convey as much as 65% of your message.
TRUE
What is active listening?
- maintaining eye contact
- showing we understand the other person’s feelings and ideas
What is effective listening
- suspending one’s personal reactions and feelings
- tuning into the speaker’s viewpoints
What is nondefensive listening?
- focusing your attention on what your partner is saying without being defensive
What is romantic or erotic love?
Physically and emotionally intense love that often leads to a binding partnership, sexual, passionate, longing, desire, intimacy
What is platonic love?
Deep and intimate but is not physical, does not include exclusiveness
What is devotional love?
profound and caring, no physical contact, love or country or faith, etc.
What is parental love?
Intense, committed, first encounter with love, role model
What is altruistic love?
Selfless concern for the welfare of others, generosity, charity i.e. Mother Teresa
What is Sternberg’s triangle theory? What are the three parts to the triangle?
- attempted to explain the nature of love
- states there are three distinct components of love: intimacy, passion, commitment
What is casual sex?
Sexual encounters that do not take place within a durable sexual relationship
What are the facts on casual sex?
- 1 in 5 think non-marital sex is always wrong
- 4 in 5 think extramarital sex is always wrong
What is hooking up?
uncommitted sexual intimacy with an acquaintance (friend with benefits)
What % of college men agree to casual sex with an attractive female stranger?
75%
What is the attraction theory?
Holds that several factors are critical in determining with whom we will be attracted to/fall in love with
What is reciprocity/reciprocal liking?
Theory of mutual exchange: I’m nice to people who are nice to me
What is homophily/similarity?
Attracted to people who are similar to me in attitude, age, race, education, religion
What is homogamy?
Tendency of sexually partnered to couples to resemble each other
What is proximity?
Attracted to others with whom you interact on a regular basis
Do opposites attract?
no. and if they do, they don’t last long
What mold our sexual relationships the most?
- life experience
- society
Why to people enter relationships?
- love
- sex
- security
- profit
- desire to have children
What is infatuation?
- The process of falling in love
- emotionally and physically exhilarating
What are the 6 characteristics that help marriages survive?
- companionship
- caring
- intimacy
- sex
- romance
- commitment
What is receptivity?
Shows others we are open to communication; approachable.
Important trait to intimacy
What are the “dark sides of love?”
- jealousy (emotional reaction to relationship threats)
- compulsiveness (love addiction)
- possessiveness (abuse)
ALL OF THESE SHOW CONTROL
What are some problems with love relationships?
- jealousy
- neglect
- abuse
What is stonewalling?
When relationships seem hopeless and there is the sense that no response is necessary (refusing to talk)
What are Gottman’s destructive ways of approaching relationship conflict?
- criticism
- contempt (intentionally insulting someone)
- defensiveness
- stonewalling
Why do we have sex?
- orgasm
- pleasure
What is HSRC and what is it controlled by?
sequence of changes in the body that take place when someone becomes aroused controlled by: - central nervous - peripheral nerves - endocrine system (hormones)
What are the two most common physiological responses that happen during sex?
- Vasocongestion
- Myotonia
What is vasocongestion?
concentration and swelling of blood in body tissue
What is myotonia?
Increased muscle tension esp. with orgasms
What is sex drive (libido) determined by?
testosterone (hormones)
Who came up with HSRC and what are the different stages?
- Masters and Johnson in 1966
- Excitement
- Plateau
- Orgasm
- Resolution
What are the differences in male/female orgasms?
- Males have one orgasm thats followed by ejaculation and refractory period is intense and shorter
- Females can have multiple orgasms (15%) and are less intense and shorter
What and where is the G-Spot?
- Grafenberg spot
- anterior (front) wall of vagina
- causes intense orgasms and female ejaculation
What controls male erections?
spinal reflex
What are the two muscles that help maintain erection?
- bulbocavernosus
- ischiocavernosus
What are the two stages of ejaculation?
- emission (contractions of scrotum, bladder stops, increased HR and BP, ejaculatory inevitability)
- expulsion (rapid rhythmic contractions of urethra, prostate, muscles at base of penis)
What are nocturnal emissions?
ejaculations during sleep
What are the two reasons for not having sex as we age?
- health issues
- lack of a partner
What is “vision”?
how sight is used to arouse; someone’s looks, watching someone undress, watching porn
What are pheromones?
Odorless chemical substance secreted externally that convey information
What are primary erogenous zones?
Sensitive because they are richly endowed with nerve endings
What are secondary erogenous zones?
become erotically sensitized through experience
What is aphrodisiac?
A drug or other agent that is sexually stimulating or increases sexual desire
What is fellatio?
Oral stimulation of the male
What is cunnilingus?
Oral stimulation of the female
What is anilingus?
oral stimulation of the anus (rimming)
What is buttockry?
partner rubs penis between the cleft of the butt
What is tribadism?
Rubbing genitals together
What is coitus?
Penetration of vagina by penis
How long does sex usually last?
15 minutes
