Human sexuality

Aspects of sexuality that are determined by society, peers, etc.

Aspects of sexuality that include activities, mechanics, and anatomy of sex

Aspects of sexuality that include personal internal reactions to exterior factors, and the writing & rewriting of one's own sexuality

Journal articles are more reliable when they are _

When evaluating the reliability of a source, it is good to take into account the author's _

A potential problem with demographic surveys that can lead to sampling bias

Which of these is NOT a goal of sex research? 1. Understand sexual behavior, 2. Change values, 3. Predict behavior, 4. Control behavior

Viennese physician who talked about subconscious sexuality, first to acknowledge sexual dimension in human psychology

Zoologist who studied gall wasps, eventually became interested in human sexuality, did 16,000 surveys of peoples' sex lives

First to describe human sexual orientation on a continuum

A married couple/research team who were the first to describe sexual behavior from a clinical perspective, and study the physiology of sex

4-5 lead researchers in the 1990s, studied 3-4,000 people, attempted to survey "all walks of life" but nobody over 59 yrs old

The 4 types of sex research that are conducted

Establishing whether study results are due to chance

Establishing whether a statistically significant difference actually means anything

The act of using statistical significance to erroneously establish practical significance

Originally George Jorgensen; result of first publicized sexual reassignment surgery

Related to hormone levels and genes

Infants who are born with ambiguous genitalia are referred to as _

XXY chromosomes

X chromosome monosomy

Socially constructed characteristic relating to a person

The debate over whether gender identity is caused mainly by biological factors or by social/cultural factors

Individuals who feel that their biological sex does not accurately represent their gender identity

Transgendered individuals who use dress, hormone therapy, and sexual reassignment surgery to align appearance with their gender identity

Exert a powerful influence on a culture's perceptions of men and women

Many gender stereotypes contain a grain of truth, but are _ and more _ than typically believed

The stereotype that males are more _ than females is generally true for physical & verbal actions

Females are found to be more aggressive than males when the definition includes_ aggression such as rejection and malicious gossip

Overall, women are found to be better than men at _, the reading of nonverbal communication signals

_ patterns and goals are different for men and women

The notion that both masculine and feminine characteristics may exist in the same person at the same time

Research suggests that androgynous individuals are generally _ and better _

Prior to age 13, children exhibit more _ thinking, with no room for nuance, and are likely to discard info that conflicts with worldviews

The process of gaining new information, then decided whether to accept or reject it

Any kind of message about sexuality, from politics, religion, family, peers, media, etc.

The product of the internal sorting process

Internal sorting is important because one needs to develop their own personal _

Biological maleness/femaleness

The social form that maleness/femaleness takes

Socially- or self-imposed outward expressions associated with masculinity or femininity

Gender identity

In a divorce or custody battle, mothers tend to win custody of their kids over fathers because society deems men to be "_"

Although there is an average difference between men and women in a lot of categories, there isalso a significant amount of _ between them

Theory of gender identity formation described by Freud: children acquire gender ID by mimicking same-sex parent

Theory of gender identity formation in which children learn by social punishment/reward for "appropriate/inappropriate" behaviors

Gender identity is more or less formed by age _

Gender ID theory: fundamental categorization of world acquired at young age, early tendency to divide world into male/female categories

Difficulty categorizing information or resolving internal conflict/ambiguity

Gender ID formation theory that focuses on the role that prenatal and post-puberty hormones play in driving behavior and development

Perspective on gender ID formation that combines aspects of all other proposed theories

Expressing an unmet need, something a person desires but is not receiving from a partner

Verbal fault-finding, such as commenting on a character flaw in the partner

Disrespect, disgust, or hate expressed when the positive feelings partners once had for each other have dissipated

Rely on a passive form of power are aggression by being unresponsive when disagreements and disputes erupt

Revealing private sexual thoughts and feelings to another person

Jealousy based on a real threat to the relationship, as when one partner discovers that the other has been sexually unfaithful

Jealousy felt despite the fact that no threat to the relationship actually exists

A male fetus that develops with not enough testosterone may come out externally _ and internally _

True hermaphrodites are almost always genetically _

Intersex females can still _

The two types of testosterone influence _ and _

Talking about sex is difficult for some people because they lack a _ for such a conversation

Despite exposure to sexual themes in the media, our society is relatively _

Many people are more comfortable having sex than _ it