This is a practice exam I made myself based on the literature and lecture slides. It consists of 40 realistic multiple-choice questions, with the answers included at the bottom of the document. It is a good way test your knowledge about the course.
1. John, a thirteen year old, only sees heterosexual couples on TV. Because of this, he
believes heterosexuality is the norm for everyone. What type of influence does the TV
have?
A) Cultivation
B) Social learning
C) Agenda setting
D) Observation
2. Which ethnic population shows the lowest incidence of sexual partners in the US?
A) African-Americans
B) Caucasians
C) Latin-Americans
D) Asian-Americans
3. Which is true?
1. Sexual selection consists of both competition between one gender and the
preferences of one gender
2. According to Freud, the Oedipus complex already develops at the oral stage.
A) Only 1 is true
B) Only 2 is true
C) Both are true
D) Neither are true
4. Which one of these is not true?
A) A schema distorts our memory of stereotype-inconsistent information
B) Intersectionality looks at various aspects of a person’s both individual and collective
identity
C) The symbolic interaction theory studies how body language varies in different cultures
D) Laws determine norms
, 5. What were researchers most sceptical of in Kinsey’s results?
A) The high incidence of homosexuality
B) The low level of sexual activity
C) The low incidence of pedophelia
D) The high rate of purposeful distortion
6. In which situation are subjects least likely to admit they have had sex?
A) 13-year old boys to a ‘talking computer’
B) 13-year old boys in a face to face interview
C) 13-year old girls to a ‘talking computer’
D) 13-year old girls in a face to face interview
7. Erections and vaginal lubrification both stem from the process of…
A) Carpopedal spasms
B) Myotonia
C) Vasocongestion
D) .
8. Which of these happens in the resolution stage ?
A) Enlarging prostates
B) Thickening scrotum
C) Urethral contractions
D) Detumescence
9. What is not a phase of the triphasic model of sexual response?
A) Sexual desire
B) Muscular contraction
C) Vasocongestion
D) Ejaculation
10.Genital stimulation creates activity in…
A) The visual cortex
B) The motor cortex
C) The gustatory cortex
D) The parietal lobe
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