Chapter 3: Male Sexual Anatomy and Physiology
Multiple Choice
1. At birth, the testes are normally contained in the
a. abdominal cavity.
b. epididymis.
c. inguinal canal.
d. scrotum.
Answer: d
Type: Factual
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2. Which of the following ...
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Chapter 1: Cultural, Historical, and Research Perspectives on Sexuality
Multiple Choice
1. Which of the following statements most accurately describes Victorian-era attitudes toward marital
sex and love?
a. Sexual attraction and love are considered good foundations for marriage.
b. Sex and love are considered separate human experiences.
c. The ideal love includes sexual passion.
d. Both sex and love are to be enjoyed outside the marital union.
Answer: b
Type: Factual
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2. Social wars regarding sexuality education, television and advertising content, museums devoted to
sexuality, and politically volatile issues such as abortion and gay marriage are examples of American
a. agreement.
b. ambivalence.
c. compromise.
d. harmony.
Answer: b
Type: Conceptual
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3. Research on sexual behavior in the United States indicates that since World War II
a. changes have been very slight compared with those that occurred during the Victorian era.
b. very significant changes in attitudes and behaviors have occurred.
c. men’s sexual attitudes and behaviors have changed significantly; however, no similar change
has occurred among women.
d. changes in sexual attitudes and behaviors have occurred mainly among middle-class whites
and have not spread to other groups.
Answer: b
Type: Factual
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4. Among the factors contributing to changes in sexual attitudes and behavior in the United States in
the 1960s and 1970s were
a. the counterculture’s questioning of social institutions and authority.
b. the advertising industry’s emphasis on sex appeal and sexual freedom.
c. shifting attitudes toward the roles of men and women.
d. All of these
Answer: d
Type: Conceptual
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c. have little interest in sex and are more concerned with money and power.
d. engage in less frequent sex and a narrower range of activities than is commonly thought.
Answer: d
Type: Factual
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6. How has HIV changed American sexual behavior?
a. Fear of HIV infection has resulted in more people abstaining from sex before marriage.
b. Nonmarital sexual activity has declined.
c. Awareness of the need to make sexual decisions with care has increased.
d. Premarital sexual activity has increased dramatically among women but not among men.
Answer: c
Type: Conceptual
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7. Politics and “traditional” values are intertwined with which of the following sexual issues?
a. Abortion and access to contraception
b. Funding for sex-related research
c. Sexuality education
d. All of these
Answer: d
Type: Factual
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8. The predominant social attitude relating to human sexuality is
a. nonexistent.
b. procreational or traditional.
c. recreational.
d. relational.
Answer: a
Type: Factual
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10. According to Richard von Krafft-Ebing, the cause of all sexual deviations is
a. a brain disorder.
b. childhood sexual abuse.
c. masturbation.
d. unconscious conflict.
Answer: c
Type: Factual
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c. Bloch was the first to apply a historical approach to understanding sexual behavior.
d. Bloch was the first to recognize that sexual problems were often at the root of mental illnesses.
Answer: c
Type: Conceptual
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12. Which statement most accurately describes the contributions of Richard von Krafft-Ebing to our
understanding of human sexual behavior?
a. Although his opinions and biases had no scientific basis, his views influenced medicine and
psychiatry for a long time.
b. He was the first to take a historical approach to understanding particular types of sexual
behaviors.
c. By studying sexual behavior across different cultures, he broadened our conception of what is
acceptable sexual behavior.
d. He was the first to apply the survey method to sex research.
Answer: a
Type: Conceptual
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13. The idea that sexuality is at the core of personality development and affects adult life and mental
health is most associated with
a. Henry Havelock Ellis.
b. Sigmund Freud.
c. Alfred Kinsey.
d. Helena Wright.
Answer: b
Type: Conceptual
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14. Which of the following individuals made positive contributions toward liberating female sexual
pleasure?
a. Sigmund Freud
b. Alfred Kinsey
c. Richard von Krafft-Ebing
d. Helena Wright
Answer: d
Type: Conceptual
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15. Alfred Kinsey contributed greatly to our understanding of sexual behavior by
a. writing a marriage manual that opposed the restrictions of the Victorian age.
b. developing a theory of psychosexual development that emphasized childhood sexuality.
c. interviewing thousands of Americans about their sexual behavior and attitudes.
d. collecting laboratory data on sexual responses.
Answer: c
Type: Factual
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