Chapter 02 - Studying Human Sexuality Chapter 02 Studying Human Sexuality Multiple Choice Questions The primary purpose of the sex information/advice genre is to A sell copies of the printed material or raise ratings B inform the public about sexual behavior C disseminate research-based findings D enhance the reputations of experts in the field of sexuality Refer to page 31 Bloom's Taxonomy: Comprehension Difficulty: Moderate The focus of the sexual information/advice genre is on A simplified how-to information or morality B issues of interest to young women C variant sexual behavior D sexual behaviors within the context of celebrity marriages and extramarital affairs Refer to page 31 Bloom's Taxonomy: Comprehension Difficulty: Moderate 2-1 © 2013 by McGraw-Hill Education This is proprietary material solely for authorized instructor use Not authorized for sale or distribution in any manner This document may not be copied, scanned, duplicated, forwarded, distributed, or posted on a website, in whole or part Chapter 02 - Studying Human Sexuality In order to lend scientific credibility to their materials, the sexual information media A make up false research studies B present actors who pose as experts in sexuality C use the trappings of social science and psychiatry without the substance D pay experts large sums of money to present information made up by the media Refer to page 31 Bloom's Taxonomy: Comprehension Difficulty: Moderate Why sex books and interviews with sex experts on television tend to be repetitive? A They all went to the same school B Sex research is a small discipline and the scope of the media is narrow C None of the information presented is based on actual research D The media has a liberal bias Refer to page 32 Bloom's Taxonomy: Comprehension Difficulty: Moderate Many of the "sex experts" in the media are A entertainers B authors C lecturers D all of these Refer to page 32 Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge Difficulty: Easy 2-2 © 2013 by McGraw-Hill Education This is proprietary material solely for authorized instructor use Not authorized for sale or distribution in any manner This document may not be copied, scanned, duplicated, forwarded, distributed, or posted on a website, in whole or part Chapter 02 - Studying Human Sexuality One way to assess the credibility of a website with information about sexuality is A to ask a licensed sex therapist about it B investigate its sponsor C look for it on Google Scholar D look for testimonials on the site Refer to page 31 Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge Difficulty: Easy Statistics about sexual behavior that are promoted the most in the media tend to A reflect current scholarly research B support widely held media preconceptions C show the persuasiveness of aberrant sexual behaviors D reinforce sexual stereotypes Refer to page 32 Bloom's Taxonomy: Comprehension Difficulty: Easy One conclusion about Dr Charles Roselli's research on the sexual orientation of rams concluded that A sexual orientation is genetic B sexual orientation is the result of rejection from the mother C a homosexual orientation could be cured with hormone treatments D homosexuality was caused by a defective gene Refer to page 33 Bloom's Taxonomy: Comprehension Difficulty: Moderate 2-3 © 2013 by McGraw-Hill Education This is proprietary material solely for authorized instructor use Not authorized for sale or distribution in any manner This document may not be copied, scanned, duplicated, forwarded, distributed, or posted on a website, in whole or part Chapter 02 - Studying Human Sexuality The media typically depict alcohol use as leading to risky sexual behavior A sometimes B never C always D occasionally Refer to page 33 Bloom's Taxonomy: Comprehension Difficulty: Easy 10 Which of the following statements is a value judgment? A Young men and women should masturbate regularly B Young women tend to be sexually inexperienced C Men tend to have more sex partners over a lifetime than women D A sizable percentage of college men believe that pornographic films offer factual information about sexual behavior Refer to page 34 Bloom's Taxonomy: Analysis Difficulty: Moderate 11 The main difference between a value judgment and an objective statement is that objective statements A describe actual behavior B recommend how individuals should act C offer specific examples D are based on the opinions of experts Refer to page 34 Bloom's Taxonomy: Analysis Difficulty: Moderate 2-4 © 2013 by McGraw-Hill Education This is proprietary material solely for authorized instructor use Not authorized for sale or distribution in any manner This document may not be copied, scanned, duplicated, forwarded, distributed, or posted on a website, in whole or part Chapter 02 - Studying Human Sexuality 12 Which of the following does NOT describe objective statements? A They describe how people actually behave B They can be validated empirically C They take into account the cultural relativity of most human behavior D They suggest ideals or desirable ways of behaving Refer to page 34 Bloom's Taxonomy: Comprehension Difficulty: Moderate 13 A simplistic, rigidly held, overgeneralized belief about an individual or a group of people is a(n) A stereotype B opinion C judgment D biases Refer to page 34 Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge Difficulty: Easy 14 Value judgments serve to A clarify views of human sexuality B foster objectivity in the study of sexuality C obscure the search for understanding about sexuality D undermine sexual norms in society Refer to page 34 Bloom's Taxonomy: Comprehension Difficulty: Easy 2-5 © 2013 by McGraw-Hill Education This is proprietary material solely for authorized instructor use Not authorized for sale or distribution in any manner This document may not be copied, scanned, duplicated, forwarded, distributed, or posted on a website, in whole or part Chapter 02 - Studying Human Sexuality 15 Jed states that all men want sex all the time Although several of his friends have tried to convince him otherwise, he maintains that "we're all that way." This is an example of a(n) A stereotype B opinion C judgment D biases Refer to page 34 Bloom's Taxonomy: Application Difficulty: Moderate 16 According to sociologists, sexual stereotyping A helps us determine fact from fiction B can help us to understand the opposite sex C is used to justify discrimination D None of these Refer to page 35 Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge Difficulty: Moderate 17 An opinion differs from a fact in that an opinion is A not true B too simplistic C always a value judgment D not based on concrete evidence or accurate knowledge Refer to page 34 Bloom's Taxonomy: Comprehension Difficulty: Moderate 2-6 © 2013 by McGraw-Hill Education This is proprietary material solely for authorized instructor use Not authorized for sale or distribution in any manner This document may not be copied, scanned, duplicated, forwarded, distributed, or posted on a website, in whole or part Chapter 02 - Studying Human Sexuality 18 A bias in scientific inquiry causes us to A select information that supports our view or belief B question the results of our research C make value judgments about the research of others D engage in unethical practices Refer to page 34 Bloom's Taxonomy: Comprehension Difficulty: Easy 19 Which of the following is NOT a stereotypical belief? A Elderly people have no interest in sex B Unprotected sexual contact with a new partner can transmit STIs C Gay men have a lot of sex D African American women are more sexually liberated than White women Refer to page 35 Bloom's Taxonomy: Comprehension Difficulty: Moderate 20 Stereotypical beliefs A are surprisingly flexible B change as new research is described to the public C are based on objective studies D are resistant to change Refer to page 35 Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge Difficulty: Moderate 2-7 © 2013 by McGraw-Hill Education This is proprietary material solely for authorized instructor use Not authorized for sale or distribution in any manner This document may not be copied, scanned, duplicated, forwarded, distributed, or posted on a website, in whole or part Chapter 02 - Studying Human Sexuality 21 What is a stereotype? A a simplistic overgeneralized belief about people or ideas B a statistically based general statement about a group of people C an exaggeration based on a personal experience D a statement of personal preference or inclination Refer to page 34 Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge Difficulty: Easy 22 The notion that gay male relationships are doomed to fail is an example of A an urban myth B conventional wisdom C cultural insensitivity D a sexual stereotype Refer to page 35 Bloom's Taxonomy: Application Difficulty: Moderate 23 The notion that women need a reason for sex; men need a place is an example of A a cultural norm B sexual bias C ethnographic profiling D a sexual stereotype Refer to page 35 Bloom's Taxonomy: Application Difficulty: Easy 2-8 © 2013 by McGraw-Hill Education This is proprietary material solely for authorized instructor use Not authorized for sale or distribution in any manner This document may not be copied, scanned, duplicated, forwarded, distributed, or posted on a website, in whole or part Chapter 02 - Studying Human Sexuality 24 A schema performs all of the following functions EXCEPT that it does not A organize knowledge B filter the mass of information we receive C determine what we will regard as important D ensure that the information we receive is accurate Refer to page 35 Bloom's Taxonomy: Comprehension Difficulty: Moderate 25 According to sociologists, sexual stereotyping is often used to A make sense of ambiguous research findings B understand the motivation behind the behaviors of various groups of people C create hypotheses for research D justify discrimination Refer to page 35 Bloom's Taxonomy: Comprehension Difficulty: Moderate 26 An egocentric fallacy is the mistaken belief that A one's sexual behavior is superior to others B one's intellectual ability is superior to others C one's own values are held by others D others disagree with most of our values Refer to page 35 Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge Difficulty: Easy 2-9 © 2013 by McGraw-Hill Education This is proprietary material solely for authorized instructor use Not authorized for sale or distribution in any manner This document may not be copied, scanned, duplicated, forwarded, distributed, or posted on a website, in whole or part Chapter 02 - Studying Human Sexuality 27 Portia and Ellen are firmly convinced that their Ivy League college culture is superior to others in every way They view students at other institutions with disdain Portia and Ellen may be demonstrating A ethnocentrism B phallocentrism C cultural exclusivity D egocentric fallacy Refer to pages 35-36 Bloom's Taxonomy: Application Difficulty: Moderate 28 Janet and Joshua conclude that a particular tribe is bizarre because the men adorn themselves by making holes in their genitalia and filling the holes with little wire rings They overlook the fact that in our culture, we pierce our ears, tongues, eyebrows, and other body parts This is an example of A the egocentric fallacy B ethnocentrism C stereotyping D observational research Refer to pages 35-36 Bloom's Taxonomy: Application Difficulty: Moderate 29 Ethnocentrism is reinforced by A government-sponsored research B objective studies C societal norms and the media D opinions, biases, and stereotypes Refer to page 36 Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge Difficulty: Easy 2-10 © 2013 by McGraw-Hill Education This is proprietary material solely for authorized instructor use Not authorized for sale or distribution in any manner This document may not be copied, scanned, duplicated, forwarded, distributed, or posted on a website, in whole or part Chapter 02 - Studying Human Sexuality 104 The "phallic fallacy" is the mistaken belief that our experiences and values are shared by others FALSE Refer to page 35 Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge Difficulty: Easy 105 In conducting sex research, we generalize our findings from a random sample to a representative sample FALSE Refer to page 37 Bloom's Taxonomy: Comprehension Difficulty: Moderate 106 A criticism of the clinical research method is that it lacks depth FALSE Refer to pages 38-39 Bloom's Taxonomy: Comprehension Difficulty: Moderate 107 Survey research results are only as accurate as the memories of the survey respondents TRUE Refer to page 39 Bloom's Taxonomy: Comprehension Difficulty: Moderate 2-35 © 2013 by McGraw-Hill Education This is proprietary material solely for authorized instructor use Not authorized for sale or distribution in any manner This document may not be copied, scanned, duplicated, forwarded, distributed, or posted on a website, in whole or part Chapter 02 - Studying Human Sexuality 108 Many people believe Kinsey's work was responsible for a moral breakdown in the United States TRUE Refer to page 47 Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge Difficulty: Easy 109 Dependent variables are those factors that the investigator manipulates in order to observe the effects on the independent variable FALSE Refer to page 42 Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge Difficulty: Easy 110 If two variables occur together with great statistical regularity, we may conclude that they are correlated TRUE Refer to page 43 Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge Difficulty: Easy 111 According to Sigmund Freud, a person's gender identity is formed during the Oedipal stage FALSE Refer to page 45 Bloom's Taxonomy: Comprehension Difficulty: Moderate 2-36 © 2013 by McGraw-Hill Education This is proprietary material solely for authorized instructor use Not authorized for sale or distribution in any manner This document may not be copied, scanned, duplicated, forwarded, distributed, or posted on a website, in whole or part Chapter 02 - Studying Human Sexuality 112 Havelock Ellis believed that homosexuality was learned FALSE Refer to page 46 Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge Difficulty: Easy 113 Alfred Kinsey's studies of sexual behavior revealed that there was tremendous consistency between public standards of sexual behavior and actual sexual behavior FALSE Refer to page 46 Bloom's Taxonomy: Comprehension Difficulty: Easy 114 Masters and Johnson are well known for their laboratory observations of sexual behavior among rats FALSE Refer to pages 48-49 Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge Difficulty: Easy 115 The National Health and Social Life Survey suggested that on average Americans have sex about once a week TRUE Refer to page 51 Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge Difficulty: Easy 2-37 © 2013 by McGraw-Hill Education This is proprietary material solely for authorized instructor use Not authorized for sale or distribution in any manner This document may not be copied, scanned, duplicated, forwarded, distributed, or posted on a website, in whole or part Chapter 02 - Studying Human Sexuality 116 To modern feminist scholars, power is a critical element in male-female relationships TRUE Refer to page 56 Bloom's Taxonomy: Comprehension Difficulty: Easy 117 The American Psychiatric Association has removed homosexuality from its list of psychological disorders TRUE Refer to page 58 Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge Difficulty: Easy 118 The common Latino stereotype of machismo is as negative for Latino males as it is for non-Latinos FALSE Refer to page 61 Bloom's Taxonomy: Comprehension Difficulty: Easy 119 Traditional Japanese values allowed sexual freedom for men, but not for women TRUE Refer to page 63 Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge Difficulty: Easy 2-38 © 2013 by McGraw-Hill Education This is proprietary material solely for authorized instructor use Not authorized for sale or distribution in any manner This document may not be copied, scanned, duplicated, forwarded, distributed, or posted on a website, in whole or part Chapter 02 - Studying Human Sexuality 120 Most Middle Eastern immigrants have a good understanding about sexuality-related topics FALSE Refer to page 64 Bloom's Taxonomy: Comprehension Difficulty: Easy Fill in the Blank Questions 121 The sex genre provides sexual information in a simplified manner that both entertains and informs advice Refer to pages 30-31 Bloom's Taxonomy: Comprehension Difficulty: Easy 122 The evaluation of a sexual behavior based on personal, moral, or ethical standards rather than objective ones is a judgment value Refer to page 34 Bloom's Taxonomy: Comprehension Difficulty: Moderate 2-39 © 2013 by McGraw-Hill Education This is proprietary material solely for authorized instructor use Not authorized for sale or distribution in any manner This document may not be copied, scanned, duplicated, forwarded, distributed, or posted on a website, in whole or part Chapter 02 - Studying Human Sexuality 123 When a researcher describes a sexual behavior as it really is, and does not cloud it with his or her beliefs, prejudices, or value judgments, that researcher is demonstrating objectivity Refer to page 34 Bloom's Taxonomy: Comprehension Difficulty: Moderate 124 Personal thoughts and beliefs, not based on accurate knowledge or concrete evidence are _ opinions Refer to page 34 Bloom's Taxonomy: Comprehension Difficulty: Easy 125 The purpose, potential risks, and the benefits of participating in a research study are explained to a subject, and the subject understands and agrees to participate This subject is giving consent informed Refer to page 37 Bloom's Taxonomy: Comprehension Difficulty: Easy 126 In conducting research, a small group that resembles the larger population in important and relevant ways is called a sample representative Refer to page 37 Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge Difficulty: Easy 2-40 © 2013 by McGraw-Hill Education This is proprietary material solely for authorized instructor use Not authorized for sale or distribution in any manner This document may not be copied, scanned, duplicated, forwarded, distributed, or posted on a website, in whole or part Chapter 02 - Studying Human Sexuality 127 Clinical research is limited by its focus on the aspects of behavior pathological Refer to page 38 Bloom's Taxonomy: Comprehension Difficulty: Easy 128 When people select only information and evidence that supports their individual beliefs, they are demonstrating personal biases Refer to page 34 Bloom's Taxonomy: Comprehension Difficulty: Easy 129 A stereotype is a type of It is a way in which we organize knowledge within our thought processes schema Refer to page 35 Bloom's Taxonomy: Comprehension Difficulty: Moderate 130 A is an error in reasoning that affects our understanding of a subject, distorts our thinking, and leads us to false conclusions fallacy Refer to page 35 Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge Difficulty: Easy 2-41 © 2013 by McGraw-Hill Education This is proprietary material solely for authorized instructor use Not authorized for sale or distribution in any manner This document may not be copied, scanned, duplicated, forwarded, distributed, or posted on a website, in whole or part Chapter 02 - Studying Human Sexuality 131 While visiting the Far East, Marvin is shocked to see that most of his male sex partners are not circumcised He concludes that these people are still primitive, since they must not have had the medical facilities to perform circumcision He is committing an error known as the fallacy ethnocentric Refer to page 35 Bloom's Taxonomy: Application Difficulty: Easy 132 Participants in a survey not indicate any identifying information on their questionnaires This is done to ensure confidentiality and anonymity Refer to page 37 Bloom's Taxonomy: Comprehension Difficulty: Easy 133 _ studies measure two or more naturally occurring variables to determine their relationship to each other Correlational Refer to page 43 Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge Difficulty: Easy 134 Havelock Ellis, an early researcher, challenged the view that masturbation and female sexuality were behaviors abnormal Refer to page 46 Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge Difficulty: Easy 2-42 © 2013 by McGraw-Hill Education This is proprietary material solely for authorized instructor use Not authorized for sale or distribution in any manner This document may not be copied, scanned, duplicated, forwarded, distributed, or posted on a website, in whole or part Chapter 02 - Studying Human Sexuality 135 Michel Foucault argued that human sexuality is rooted in and not in nature society Refer to page 58 Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge Difficulty: Easy 136 _ is a trait in Latino life, which is a commitment to family and family members Familismo Refer to page 61 Bloom's Taxonomy: Comprehension Difficulty: Easy Short Answer Questions 137 What are the guidelines for evaluating popular reports in the media of sex information? Be skeptical Search for biases, stereotypes, and lack of objectivity Look for moralizing Go to the original source or sources Seek additional information Feedback: Refer to page 32 Bloom's Taxonomy: Comprehension Difficulty: Moderate 2-43 © 2013 by McGraw-Hill Education This is proprietary material solely for authorized instructor use Not authorized for sale or distribution in any manner This document may not be copied, scanned, duplicated, forwarded, distributed, or posted on a website, in whole or part Chapter 02 - Studying Human Sexuality 138 In reading or studying about sexual behavior, how can one tell the difference between objective information and value judgments? Objective statements describe how people actually behave, and the truth of this description can be tested empirically (data gathered) to support or refute the statement Value judgments indicate how people should behave and cannot be verified or refuted empirically Feedback: Refer to page 34 Bloom's Taxonomy: Analysis Difficulty: Moderate 139 Define and give an example of an ethnocentric fallacy The ethnocentric fallacy refers to the belief that one's ethnic group, nation, or culture is superior to that of others For example, African Americans may view Whites as "too uptight" sexually, whereas Whites may view African Americans as "too loose" sexually Feedback: Refer to pages 35-36 Bloom's Taxonomy: Application Difficulty: Moderate 140 Explain what is meant by the principle of informed consent The principle of informed consent requires that research participants have full knowledge of the purpose, potential risks, and benefits of being a subject The subject must freely volunteer to participate, and he or she has the right to withdraw at any time from participation without penalty Feedback: Refer to page 37 Bloom's Taxonomy: Comprehension Difficulty: Easy 2-44 © 2013 by McGraw-Hill Education This is proprietary material solely for authorized instructor use Not authorized for sale or distribution in any manner This document may not be copied, scanned, duplicated, forwarded, distributed, or posted on a website, in whole or part Chapter 02 - Studying Human Sexuality 141 What are the advantages and disadvantages of the clinical research method? Advantages: It is an in-depth, comprehensive study of a single case or small number of cases of people with mental health problems Clinical research is descriptive It concentrates on unhealthy or dysfunctional behaviors Disadvantages: It is not easily generalized nor representative Its emphasis on pathological behaviors may reflect an unwarranted assumption about what is pathological (e.g., the Victorian attitude toward masturbation) Inferences of cause and effect cannot be drawn from clinical research Feedback: Refer to pages 38-39 Bloom's Taxonomy: Analysis Difficulty: Moderate 142 What is the difference between experimental research and correlational studies? Experimental research systematically varies independent variables in order to observe the effects on the dependent variables Correlational research measures the regularity with which two variables occur together Experimental research is able to establish cause-effect relationships among variables; correlational studies cannot tell us which variable causes the other to change Feedback: Refer to pages 42-43 Bloom's Taxonomy: Analysis Difficulty: Moderate 143 What was Richard von Krafft-Ebing's most significant contribution to our understanding of human sexuality? Krafft-Ebing's Psychopathia Sexualis documented a wide range of sexual behaviors that had never been described before The "darker sides" of sexual behavior became available for study Feedback: Refer to page 44 Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge Difficulty: Easy 2-45 © 2013 by McGraw-Hill Education This is proprietary material solely for authorized instructor use Not authorized for sale or distribution in any manner This document may not be copied, scanned, duplicated, forwarded, distributed, or posted on a website, in whole or part Chapter 02 - Studying Human Sexuality 144 What are the two main reasons that Freud's influence among sex researchers has dwindled? His work's lack of empiricism His inadequate description of female development Feedback: Refer to page 45 Bloom's Taxonomy: Comprehension Difficulty: Easy 145 How did Havelock Ellis view masturbation? He believed that it was widespread, that it was not abnormal, that it was not linked to a mental or physical problem, and that it had a positive function: it relieved tension Feedback: Refer to page 46 Bloom's Taxonomy: Comprehension Difficulty: Moderate 146 What was the importance of Alfred Kinsey's study of human sexual behavior in America? It established the great discrepancy between public standards of sexual behavior and actual practice It revealed an enormous diversity of sexual practices in men and women He devised the Kinsey Scale to represent the proportion of an individual's sexual behaviors with the same or other sex He found that many people had same-sex sexual experiences, and he discovered that sexual preferences could change over the course of a person's lifetime Feedback: Refer to pages 46-48 Bloom's Taxonomy: Comprehension Difficulty: Moderate 2-46 © 2013 by McGraw-Hill Education This is proprietary material solely for authorized instructor use Not authorized for sale or distribution in any manner This document may not be copied, scanned, duplicated, forwarded, distributed, or posted on a website, in whole or part Chapter 02 - Studying Human Sexuality 147 What were the pioneering accomplishments of Masters and Johnson? A systematic study of the physiological mechanisms involved in the human sexual response and the articulation of several key ideas: (1) they discovered that, physiologically, male and female sexual responses are very similar; and, (2) they demonstrated that women achieve orgasm primarily through clitoral stimulation Feedback: Refer to pages 48-49 Bloom's Taxonomy: Comprehension Difficulty: Moderate Essay Questions 148 For their class project, college students want to conduct a survey on "Attitudes Toward Condom Use Among Sexually Active College Students." Describe some of the problems and issues that must be resolved if their survey is going to be worthwhile The two general concerns they face are: (1) ethical concerns related to the use of human beings as subjects; and, (2) methodological concerns regarding sampling techniques and their accuracy First, a review board or human subject committee must approve the study for ethical concerns Second, the group must determine how to obtain a representative sample of the population they are interested in Third, they must be concerned with adequate representation or omission of ethnic groups and/or sexual minorities such as homosexuals Fourth, they must be aware of the errors likely in self-reports of sexual behavior Fifth, questionnaire creators must watch that their own biases not affect question wording Sixth, they need to be aware of how a researcher's gender may affect outcome Seventh, they must be aware of the reluctance of some ethnic groups to respond to such questions Finally, they must be careful about the generalizations they make from their study Feedback: Refer to pages 36-41 Bloom's Taxonomy: Application Difficulty: Moderate 2-47 © 2013 by McGraw-Hill Education This is proprietary material solely for authorized instructor use Not authorized for sale or distribution in any manner This document may not be copied, scanned, duplicated, forwarded, distributed, or posted on a website, in whole or part Chapter 02 - Studying Human Sexuality 149 Why was Havelock Ellis considered the "earliest important modern sexual thinker"? Summarize his contributions His work was not based on the heavy traditional moralism of his predecessors He saw the understanding of sex as a means to understanding all life Contributions: (1) Recognition that sexual values and behaviors differed from species to species and culture to culture (i.e., that sexual values were relative) (2) Normalization of masturbation and other forms of autoeroticism (3) Acceptance of female sexuality as normal and perhaps distinct from that of men (erogenous zones) (4) Redefinition of normal behavior Saw abnormal behavior as an exaggeration of normal behavior (5) Reevaluation of homosexuality as both congenital and harmless, and not immoral or criminal (6) Toleration of sexual variation Feedback: Refer to page 46 Bloom's Taxonomy: Comprehension Difficulty: Moderate 150 Compare and contrast the contributions of Kinsey with those of Masters and Johnson Kinsey and Masters and Johnson took an empirical approach to understanding sexual behavior and were all pioneers in sex research Masters and Johnson, as well as Kinsey, focused on actual sexual behavior rather than on value judgments regarding sexual behavior Kinsey attempted to collect data on the frequency of different kinds of sexual behavior during the 1950s by use of the survey method Masters and Johnson used laboratory observation and experimentation to discover the physiological changes during sexual activity Masters and Johnson later wrote about therapeutic techniques for people with sexual problems Feedback: Refer to pages 46-49 Bloom's Taxonomy: Analysis Difficulty: Moderate 2-48 © 2013 by McGraw-Hill Education This is proprietary material solely for authorized instructor use Not authorized for sale or distribution in any manner This document may not be copied, scanned, duplicated, forwarded, distributed, or posted on a website, in whole or part Chapter 02 - Studying Human Sexuality 151 What is familismo, and what is its relationship to sexual practices? Familismo is the trait of Latino life that describes the commitment to family and family members Familismo can be a strong factor in reducing unsafe sexual practices with partners outside of primary relationships For many Latino men who have sex with men, familismo and homophobia can create conflict because of families' negative feelings about homosexuality and their emphasis on the traditional heterosexual family Feedback: Refer to page 61 Bloom's Taxonomy: Comprehension Difficulty: Moderate 152 Discuss why many female Middle Eastern Immigrants have poor understanding about sexually-related topics Traditional beliefs dictate that women should not learn about sexual relationships until marriage Their primary source of sexuality education, beside the media, comes from married friends Many messages these women receive are confusing, and have resulted in a sense of self-worthlessness Gender, birth order, family honor, religion, and traditional cultural values are highly regarded, and are associated with lower status for women, male dominance, and discrimination against women Feedback: Refer to page 64 Bloom's Taxonomy: Comprehension Difficulty: Moderate 2-49 © 2013 by McGraw-Hill Education This is proprietary material solely for authorized instructor use Not authorized for sale or distribution in any manner This document may not be copied, scanned, duplicated, forwarded, distributed, or posted on a website, in whole or part ... Chapter 02 - Studying Human Sexuality 42 Which of the following is NOT a sampling-related problem that occurs in sex research? A African Americans and Latinos are overrepresented in most studies... serve to A clarify views of human sexuality B foster objectivity in the study of sexuality C obscure the search for understanding about sexuality D undermine sexual norms in society Refer to page... Studying Human Sexuality 69 The development of the Kinsey scale was an attempt to A classify sexual behaviors in terms of their normality and abnormality B evaluate the masculinity and femininity