FAD 4451 Exam Questions and Answers All Correct
How did the 20th century define sex? - Answer-"activities associated with biological reproduction and any experiences having to do with those activities, such as sexual gratification or the urge for it"
What did "sex" mean in the 14th century? - A...
FAD 4451 Exam Questions
and Answers All Correct
How did the 20th century define sex? - Answer-"activities associated with biological
reproduction and any experiences having to do with those activities, such as sexual
gratification or the urge for it"
What did "sex" mean in the 14th century? - Answer-Either of the two divisions of organic
beings, the males and the females"
-Strictly a biological term
What did "sex" mean in the 1600? - Answer-a.k.a. gender (male or female)
-masculinity and femininity
What are the characteristics of sex as classification? - Answer--Mating of sperm-
producing individual with an egg-producing individual
-Other anatomical characteristics can signal appropriate partners
-Gender roles
What are the ways "sex" is defined? - Answer--as classification
-as activity
-as experience
What are the characteristics of sex as experience? - Answer--sexual gratification
-sexual intimacy
-sexual transcendence
What is sexual gratification? - Answer-behaviors intended to heighten sexual arousal
and produce orgasm
What is sexual intimacy? - Answer-"making love", mutuality and emotional sharing
between two people, involves sexual self-disclosure
What is "sexuality"? - Answer-Aspects of one's personhood that are involved with
sexual classification, sexual activity and creating erotic experiences.
What is sexual transcendence? - Answer-The shifting of mental awareness to deep
psychological involvement in the sexual experience
What are the six dimensions of sexuality? - Answer-· Physical
· Psychosocial
What is the physical dimension of sexuality? - Answer-refers to any regions of the body
that contribute to sexual classification, activities, or experiences
-Includes brain, skin, nervous system, and sexual organs that affects one's sexual
experience
What is the psychosocial dimension of sexuality? - Answer-sexually-related values,
beliefs, attitudes and emotions.
▻Sexual identity
▻Gender identity
▻Gender role
▻Sexual orientation
What is the reproductive dimension of sexuality? - Answer-physiological and social
process that contribute to conception and birth of children
-birth control and infertility issues
What is the developmental dimension of sexuality? - Answer-physical, psychological
and social experiences that change as one navigates the life course
-puberty and menopause
What is the erotic dimension of sexuality? - Answer-feelings, images, and behaviors
intended to create erotic experience
What is the relationship dimension of sexuality? - Answer-various kinds of interpersonal
relationships in which sexual activity and experience occur. Can be between strangers,
friends, or marital partners.
What is the general trend from how sexual expression was expressed over the last 100
years to today? - Answer-From conservative to more open.
Describe the history of sexuality in Victorian Era (1837-1901)? - Answer-Sexual activity
was to be restrained & modest.
Describe the history of sexuality in the 1920s? - Answer-Women began to reject
Victorian sexual mores. Sexual expression was to be more open & equal
Describe the history of sexuality in the 1940s and 50s? - Answer-sexual conservatism
was norm
Describe the history of sexuality in 1960s-today? - Answer-sexual openness, changing
gender roles
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