Biol 360 - Biology of Human Sexuality » Spring 2022 » Module 1 Quiz Introduction to Sexuality

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Question #1
Current neuroscientific theories identify biological causes for sexual orientation. What early-twentieth century sex researcher agreed with this theory?
A.   Havelock Ellis
B.   Magnus Hirschfeld
C.   Sigmund Freud
D.   Richard von Krafft-Ebing
E.   Alfred Kinsey
Question #2
Richard von Krafft-Ebing's book Psychopathia Sexualis was based on
A.   study of individual case histories.
B.   questionnaires and statistical sampling.
C.   scientific observation in the laboratory.
D.   the author's autobiography.
E.   psychoanalytic theory.
Question #3
A man has developed a fetish for women's clothing. His therapist believes this is due to repressed memories of an event that occurred in his childhood. His therapist has been influenced by the ideas of
A.   Alfred Kinsey.
B.   Havelock Ellis.
C.   Virginia Johnson.
D.   Sigmund Freud.
E.   Richard von Krafft-Ebing.
Question #4
An early theory that sexual desires are focused in the unconscious mind, especially during childhood, was proposed by
A.   Sigmund Freud.
B.   Margaret Sanger.
C.   Alfred Kinsey.
D.   Richard von Krafft-Ebing.
E.   Magnus Hirschfeld.
Question #5
The principle of informed consent includes all of the following, EXCEPT:
A.   the researcher must make sure that the people understand exactly what they are agreeing to.
B.   people must be told the purpose of the research before they agree to participate.
C.   people may not be coerced into participation.
D.   people may not quit once they have agreed to participate.
Question #6
Masters and Johnson's results differ from surveys of sexual behavior because:
A.   of the high test-retest reliability.
B.   it focused on sexual minorities.
C.   they directly observed sexual behavior.
D.   they used participant-observation.
Question #7
A sex researcher is interested in conducting a study on the sexual behavior of African-American individuals in polyamorous relationships and manages to contact 60 such individuals to participate in the study. In research terms, this group of participants is the researcher's:
A.   independent variable.
B.   control group.
C.   sample.
D.   population.
Question #8
A sex researcher is interested in understanding the trends in contraceptive use among sexually active 21 year-old females living in the United States and manages to obtain a sample of 70 such individuals. However, upon closer investigation, it was discovered that all the participants had one characteristic in common-they all had engaged in intercourse before the age of 15. Based on this we may conclude:
A.   that the results obtained from the study may be extrapolated to the population.
B.   that the results obtained from the study are free from volunteer bias.
C.   that the sample is representative of the population in question.
D.   that the results obtained from the study may not be true of all 21 year-old females.
Question #9
A researcher is studying the incidence of child sexual abuse in public schools, and she sends a questionnaire to 1,000 randomly selected students' homes. The questions ask how frequently parents currently abuse their children and how often they abused them in previous years. 500 questionnaires are returned. Which of the following are significant problems with this research study?
A.   it is not a participant-observation study, therefore it is not objective.
B.   problems of refusal/nonresponse and purposeful distortion
C.   problems associated with volunteer bias
D.   problems with estimation and memory
Question #10
What type of research can best address the question "What causes physical sexual arousal?"
A.   Interviews
B.   Participant observations
C.   Experiments
D.   Questionnaires

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