Question 1

Gabriela is conducting qualitative research in sexuality. What is one topic she may be studying?

Accepted Answer

A)   Vaginal blood flow during and after intercourse
B)   Sex hormone levels in gay and straight men
C)   Words people use to describe feelings during oral and vaginal sex
D)   The correlation between Kinsey's sexual orientation scale scores and people's score on a test measuring emotional intelligence

Question 2

Why was Master and Johnson's empirical approach to researching human sexuality so innovative?

Accepted Answer

A)   They were the first to use an illuminated glass tube to observe changes in the vagina and cervix.
B)   They were the first to use observational techniques.
C)   They were able to measure sexual responses.
D)   None of the above

Question 3

What has been found in studies using quantitative sensory testing techniques?

Accepted Answer

A)   No physiological differences in pain transduction in people who report pain during sex
B)   Increased sensitivity to both genital and non-genital pain for people who report pain during sex
C)   Differences in pain sensitivity for women who report pain during sex but not for men who report pain during sex
D)   Decreased non-genital pain sensitivity and increased genital pain sensitivity in people who report pain during sex.

Question 4

What kind of design involves identifying themes of meaning in a text or set of observations?

Accepted Answer

A)   Content analysis
B)   Case study
C)   Descriptive study
D)   Surveys

Question 5

Rachel is conducting a study focussing on female sexuality in individuals with a history of childhood sexual abuse, and it is important for the participants to remain anonymous. Which research method or design would be best to use?

Accepted Answer

A)   Survey
B)   Interview
C)   Direct observation
D)   Case study

Question 6

Which of the following possible sex research methods is MOST likely to be ethically implausible?

Accepted Answer

A)   An experiment
B)   Archival data-mining
C)   Direct observation
D)   Content analysis

Question 7

Juanita is recording people's reactions after viewing BDSM porn for the first time. She later goes back and reviews the recordings and reports on them in her research. By using this technique, what is she avoiding?

Accepted Answer

A)   Ecological observation
B)   Participant interference
C)   Memory bias
D)   Interpretive anxiety

Question 8

Sandeep is conducting a study on marital conflict in same-sex couples versus mixed-sex couples. One of his concerns is the possibility of responder bias. Which research method is he likely using?

Accepted Answer

A)   Survey
B)   Interview
C)   Direct observation
D)   Case study

Question 9

Why are experimental research designs rarely used in human sexuality research?

Accepted Answer

A)   It is unethical.
B)   It is impractical.
C)   It is impossible to create truly random assignments to experimental and control groups.
D)   All of the above

Question 10

Which of the following is an example of a sexual research question that can be implemented on animals much more easily than on humans?

Accepted Answer

A)   The impact of castration on sexual arousal in males
B)   The impact of hormone replacement therapy on sexual interest in females
C)   The relationship between sexual interest and the menstrual cycle in females
D)   The impact of antidepressant medications on sexual arousal in females

Question 11

What is one disadvantage of descriptive studies?

Accepted Answer

A)   They are susceptible to memory bias and responder bias.
B)   The results are not usually generalizable.
C)   They are prone to inaccuracies when records are incomplete.
D)   They can be ethically implausible to use in research involving human subjects.

Question 12

Which of the following requires that an individual make simple perceptual judgments on whether a stimulus is detectable, whether the stimulus is more or less intense than a previous sensation, and in some cases whether the stimulus is painful?

Accepted Answer

A)   Thermography
B)   Quantitative sensory testing
C)   Doppler ultrasonography
D)   Penile strain gauge

Question 13

The sixteenth-century Arabic text by Sheikh Nefzaoui, The Perfumed Garden for the Soul's Recreation, claims that the orifice of the uterus acts as a suction-pump to pull every last drop of sperm from the man during intercourse for fertilization purposes. What is this known as?

Accepted Answer

A)   The female sexual response cycle
B)   The upsuck theory of orgasm
C)   Male inevitability caused by the female organ
D)   The climax-coitus orgasm theory

Question 14

Animal research has historically been interpreted through which lens?

Accepted Answer

A)   Libertinism
B)   Behaviourism
C)   Positivism
D)   Ethnocentrism

Question 15

What is the most common and reliable method for measuring male arousal?

Accepted Answer

A)   Penile thermography
B)   The penile strain gauge
C)   Penile photoplethysmography
D)   Penile volume plethysmography

Question 16

Explain why traditional vaginal photoplethysmography may not be the best measure for psychophysiological studies of arousal and describe two newer approaches that overcome the problems with this older approach to measuring arousal in women.

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Question 17

John Gottman's work on couple communication in the prediction of divorce demonstrates the advantages of which research methodology?

Accepted Answer

A)   Interviews
B)   Surveys
C)   Direct observation
D)   Experiments

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Which of the following possible sex research methods is MOST likely to be ethically implausible?

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Explain why traditional vaginal photoplethysmography may not be the best measure for psychophysiological studies of arousal and describe two newer approaches that overcome the problems with this older approach to measuring arousal in women.

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Which of the following is an example of a sexual research question that can be implemented on animals much more easily than on humans?

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Which of the following requires that an individual make simple perceptual judgments on whether a stimulus is detectable, whether the stimulus is more or less intense than a previous sensation, and in some cases whether the stimulus is painful?

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What has been found in studies using quantitative sensory testing techniques?

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Sandeep is conducting a study on marital conflict in same-sex couples versus mixed-sex couples. One of his concerns is the possibility of responder bias. Which research method is he likely using?

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Animal research has historically been interpreted through which lens?

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Rachel is conducting a study focussing on female sexuality in individuals with a history of childhood sexual abuse, and it is important for the participants to remain anonymous. Which research method or design would be best to use?

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What is the most common and reliable method for measuring male arousal?

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What kind of design involves identifying themes of meaning in a text or set of observations?

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Gabriela is conducting qualitative research in sexuality. What is one topic she may be studying?

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Juanita is recording people's reactions after viewing BDSM porn for the first time. She later goes back and reviews the recordings and reports on them in her research. By using this technique, what is she avoiding?

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John Gottman's work on couple communication in the prediction of divorce demonstrates the advantages of which research methodology?

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The sixteenth-century Arabic text by Sheikh Nefzaoui, The Perfumed Garden for the Soul's Recreation, claims that the orifice of the uterus acts as a suction-pump to pull every last drop of sperm from the man during intercourse for fertilization purposes. What is this known as?

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Why was Master and Johnson's empirical approach to researching human sexuality so innovative?

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Why are experimental research designs rarely used in human sexuality research?

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Which of the following possible sex research methods is MOST likely to be ethically implausible?

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Explain why traditional vaginal photoplethysmography may not be the best measure for psychophysiological studies of arousal and describe two newer approaches that overcome the problems with this older approach to measuring arousal in women.

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What is one disadvantage of descriptive studies?

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Which of the following requires that an individual make simple perceptual judgments on whether a stimulus is detectable, whether the stimulus is more or less intense than a previous sensation, and in some cases whether the stimulus is painful?

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What has been found in studies using quantitative sensory testing techniques?

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