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,Chapter 01: Why A Course In Human Sexuality?
Multiple Choice Questions
1. A person's sexuality refers to their
A) sexual attitudes.
B) sexual feelings.
C) sexual behaviors.
D) all of the above.
Difficulty: Easy
QuestionID: 01-1-01
Topic: Cross-Cultural Comparisons
Skill: Remember the Facts
Objective: 1.1 Describe cultural perspectives that differ from your own regarding sexual behaviors and attitudes.
Answer: D) all of the above.
2. Most high school and college students reported that they received most of their sex education from
A) their friends and the media.
B) their parents.
C) a sex education course.
D) a sex education course and their parents.
Difficulty: Easy
QuestionID: 01-1-02
Topic: Cross-Cultural Comparisons
Skill: Remember the Facts
Objective: 1.1 Describe cultural perspectives that differ from your own regarding sexual behaviors and attitudes.
Answer: A) their friends and the media.
3. What percentage of Americans favors the teaching of comprehensive sexual education in high schools?
A) About a third
B) About half
C) About two-thirds
D) Over 90%
Difficulty: Easy
QuestionID: 01-1-03
Topic: Cross-Cultural Comparisons
Skill: Remember the Facts
Objective: 1.1 Describe cultural perspectives that differ from your own regarding sexual behaviors and attitudes.
Answer: D) Over 90%
4. Cross-cultural studies of such groups of people as the Inis Baeg, Pohnpeians, and Mangaians suggest that
A) American sexual behavior is normal compared to the strange behavior of others.
B) the sexual behavior of these groups is perverted.
C) the sexual behavior of Americans may appear as strange to others as their behavior seems strange to us.
D) sexual intercourse is not universal.
Difficulty: Moderate
QuestionID: 01-1-04
Topic: Cross-Cultural Comparisons
Skill: Understand the Concepts
Objective: 1.1 Describe cultural perspectives that differ from your own regarding sexual behaviors and attitudes.
Answer: C) the sexual behavior of Americans may appear as strange to others as their behavior seems strange to us.
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,5. The sight of the navel is considered highly arousing in
A) New Zealand.
B) the Celebs Islands.
C) New Guinea.
D) Samoa.
Difficulty: Moderate
QuestionID: 01-1-05
Topic: Cross-Cultural Comparisons
Skill: Understand the Concepts
Objective: 1.1 Describe cultural perspectives that differ from your own regarding sexual behaviors and attitudes.
Answer: D) Samoa.
6. Most anthropologists believe that the most sexually permissive society in the world is the
A) Gusii.
B) United States.
C) Mangaians.
D) Inis Baeg.
Difficulty: Easy
QuestionID: 01-1-06
Topic: Cross-Cultural Comparisons
Skill: Remember the Facts
Objective: 1.1 Describe cultural perspectives that differ from your own regarding sexual behaviors and attitudes.
Answer: C) Mangaians.
7. Most anthropologists consider the __________ to be the most sexually repressed culture in the world.
A) Mangaians
B) Inis Baeg
C) Pohnpeians
D) United States
Difficulty: Easy
QuestionID: 01-1-07
Topic: Cross-Cultural Comparisons
Skill: Remember the Facts
Objective: 1.1 Describe cultural perspectives that differ from your own regarding sexual behaviors and attitudes.
Answer: B) Inis Baeg
8. In the United States, sexual attitudes and behaviors are
A) different within each ethnic group.
B) different among ethnic groups.
C) very similar for white Americans and African Americans.
D) very similar for white Americans and Latinos.
Difficulty: Easy
QuestionID: 01-1-08
Topic: Cross-Cultural Comparisons
Skill: Remember the Facts
Objective: 1.1 Describe cultural perspectives that differ from your own regarding sexual behaviors and attitudes.
Answer: B) different among ethnic groups.
9. Among people living in the United States, __________ are generally the least permissive in their sexual attitudes and
behaviors.
A) African Americans
B) Asian Americans
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, C) Caucasians
D) Latinos
Difficulty: Easy
QuestionID: 01-1-09
Topic: Cross-Cultural Comparisons
Skill: Remember the Facts
Objective: 1.1 Describe cultural perspectives that differ from your own regarding sexual behaviors and attitudes.
Answer: B) Asian Americans
10. Which of the following was true of the biblical Jews?
A) Women were considered to be independent
B) The genitals were not considered to be obscene
C) The primary object of sex was recreation
D) Sexual relations between spouses were viewed negatively
Difficulty: Easy
QuestionID: 01-1-10
Topic: Historical Perspectives
Skill: Remember the Facts
Objective: 1.2 Identify the historical influences of Judaism, the ancient Greeks and Romans, Christianity, the Victorian Era, and the
sexual revolution on contemporary attitudes about sexuality.
Answer: B) The genitals were not considered to be obscene
11. The idea that having many children ensured the survival of their culture originally came from
A) the biblical Jews.
B) early Christians.
C) early Protestants.
D) early Greeks.
Difficulty: Easy
QuestionID: 01-1-11
Topic: Historical Perspectives
Skill: Remember the Facts
Objective: 1.2 Identify the historical influences of Judaism, the ancient Greeks and Romans, Christianity, the Victorian Era, and the
sexual revolution on contemporary attitudes about sexuality.
Answer: A) the biblical Jews.
12. The idea of having spiritual love without sex comes to us from
A) Plato.
B) the Romans.
C) the Hebrews.
D) Jesus.
Difficulty: Easy
QuestionID: 01-1-12
Topic: Historical Perspectives
Skill: Remember the Facts
Objective: 1.2 Identify the historical influences of Judaism, the ancient Greeks and Romans, Christianity, the Victorian Era, and the
sexual revolution on contemporary attitudes about sexuality.
Answer: A) Plato.
13. John and Stacy are married, but not to each other. They claim that they love each other, but do not want to express that
love physically, only intellectually. Such feelings of love were originally described by
A) Greek philosophers.
B) the Romans.
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, C) the Hebrews.
D) Jesus.
Difficulty: Moderate
QuestionID: 01-1-13
Topic: Historical Perspectives
Skill: Apply What You Know
Objective: 1.2 Identify the historical influences of Judaism, the ancient Greeks and Romans, Christianity, the Victorian Era, and the
sexual revolution on contemporary attitudes about sexuality.
Answer: A) Greek philosophers.
14. Which of these cultures condemned and punished sex outside of marriage most severely?
A) Greeks
B) Christians
C) Hebrews
D) Romans
Difficulty: Easy
QuestionID: 01-1-14
Topic: Historical Perspectives
Skill: Remember the Facts
Objective: 1.2 Identify the historical influences of Judaism, the ancient Greeks and Romans, Christianity, the Victorian Era, and the
sexual revolution on contemporary attitudes about sexuality.
Answer: C) Hebrews
15. Which of these individuals thought that a celibate lifestyle was superior to marriage?
A) Plato
B) Saint Paul
C) Jesus
D) Henry Havelock Ellis
Difficulty: Easy
QuestionID: 01-1-15
Topic: Historical Perspectives
Skill: Remember the Facts
Objective: 1.2 Identify the historical influence of Judaism, the ancient Greeks and Romans, Christianity, the Victorian Era, and the
sexual revolution on contemporary attitudes about sexuality.
Answer: B) Saint Paul
16. Which man did the most to solidify the Church's antisexual attitude by linking sex with the downfall of Adam and Eve?
A) St. Paul
B) St. Augustine
C) Pope John Paul II
D) Jesus
Difficulty: Easy
QuestionID: 01-1-16
Topic: Historical Perspectives
Skill: Remember the Facts
Objective: 1.2 Identify the historical influences of Judaism, the ancient Greeks and Romans, Christianity, the Victorian Era, and the
sexual revolution on contemporary attitudes about sexuality.
Answer: B) St. Augustine
17. Who taught that marital sex for the purpose of procreation should be viewed as an unpleasant necessity?
A) St. Paul
B) St. Augustine
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, C) St. Jerome
D) Jesus
Difficulty: Easy
QuestionID: 01-1-17
Topic: Historical Perspectives
Skill: Remember the Facts
Objective: 1.2 Identify the historical influences of Judaism, the ancient Greeks and Romans, Christianity, the Victorian Era, and the
sexual revolution on contemporary attitudes about sexuality.
Answer: B) St. Augustine
18. Which of the following had the most positive attitude about the human body?
A) Biblical Hebrews
B) Early Christians
C) Victorians
D) Greeks
Difficulty: Easy
QuestionID: 01-1-18
Topic: Historical Perspectives
Skill: Remember the Facts
Objective: 1.2 Identify the historical influences of Judaism, the ancient Greeks and Romans, Christianity, the Victorian Era, and the
sexual revolution on contemporary attitudes about sexuality.
Answer: A) Biblical Hebrews
19. In Western culture, the two groups that have had the greatest influence on negative sexual attitudes are
A) the early Christians and biblical Hebrews.
B) the early Christians and the Puritans.
C) the early Christians and the Victorians.
D) the Puritans and the Victorians.
Difficulty: Easy
QuestionID: 01-1-19
Topic: Historical Perspectives
Skill: Remember the Facts
Objective: 1.2 Identify the historical influences of Judaism, the ancient Greeks and Romans, Christianity, the Victorian Era, and the
sexual revolution on contemporary attitudes about sexuality.
Answer: C) the early Christians and the Victorians.
20. Which of these beliefs were popular in the Victorian era?
A) Pleasurable aspects of sex should be enjoyed
B) Women should be viewed as asexual
C) Wives engage in sex because they want to
D) Women should have multiple sexual partners
Difficulty: Easy
QuestionID: 01-1-20
Topic: Historical Perspectives
Skill: Remember the Facts
Objective: 1.2 Identify the historical influences of Judaism, the ancient Greeks and Romans, Christianity, the Victorian Era, and the
sexual revolution on contemporary attitudes about sexuality.
Answer: B) Women should be viewed as asexual
21. The belief that women were asexual can be traced most clearly to
A) the Victorian era.
B) St. Augustine.
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, C) the Puritan era.
D) the biblical Hebrews.
Difficulty: Moderate
QuestionID: 01-1-21
Topic: Historical Perspectives
Skill: Apply What You Know
Objective: 1.2 Identify the historical influences of Judaism, the ancient Greeks and Romans, Christianity, the Victorian Era, and the
sexual revolution on contemporary attitudes about sexuality.
Answer: A) the Victorian era.
22. In the Victorian era, most physicians believed that masturbation would lead to
A) an increase in fertility.
B) more satisfying relationships.
C) an improvement in blood circulation.
D) mental and physical problems.
Difficulty: Easy
QuestionID: 01-1-22
Topic: Historical Perspectives
Skill: Remember the Facts
Objective: 1.2 Identify the historical influences of Judaism, the ancient Greeks and Romans, Christianity, the Victorian Era, and the
sexual revolution on contemporary attitudes about sexuality.
Answer: D) mental and physical problems.
23. Generally speaking, the Victorian era's views about sexuality were even more negative than earlier Christian views
because of
A) the writings of Freud.
B) the beliefs of the Puritans.
C) the mistaken medical beliefs of that era.
D) the industrial revolution.
Difficulty: Difficult
QuestionID: 01-1-23
Topic: Historical Perspectives
Skill: Analyze It
Objective: 1.2 Identify the historical influences of Judaism, the ancient Greeks and Romans, Christianity, the Victorian Era, and the
sexual revolution on contemporary attitudes about sexuality.
Answer: C) the mistaken medical beliefs of that era.
24. An early survey conducted by Dr. Clelia Mosher in 1892 reveals that many married Victorian women
A) did not enjoy sex, but engaged in it to perform their "wifely duties."
B) engaged in sex only for procreation.
C) desired and enjoyed sex.
D) were sexually repressed and prudish.
Difficulty: Moderate
QuestionID: 01-1-24
Topic: Historical Perspectives
Skill: Remember the Facts
Objective: 1.2 Identify the historical influences of Judaism, the ancient Greeks and Romans, Christianity, the Victorian Era, and the
sexual revolution on contemporary attitudes about sexuality.
Answer: C) desired and enjoyed sex.
25. Socialization refers to
A) a form of government.
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, B) the way in which society shapes individual behaviors and expectations of behaviors.
C) the ability to interact with others.
D) challenging societal norms.
Difficulty: Easy
QuestionID: 01-1-25
Topic: What Influences Our Attitudes About Sex Today?
Skill: Remember the Facts
Objective: 1.3 Explain the process of socialization and how the media has become an omnipresent influence on sexual socialization.
Answer: B) the way in which society shapes individual behaviors and expectations of behaviors.
26. The average U.S. teenager spends _____ a day looking at different media sources.
A) less than 4 hours
B) over 15 hours
C) around 5 hours
D) over 7 hours
Difficulty: Easy
QuestionID: 01-1-26
Topic: What Influences Our Attitudes About Sex Today?
Skill: Remember the Facts
Objective: 1.3 Explain the process of socialization and how the media has become an omnipresent influence on sexual socialization.
Answer: D) over 7 hours
27. Bob is a college freshman. With regard to sex, which of the following is NOT a socializing agent for Bob?
A) Bob's own sexual behavior
B) Bob's peers
C) Bob's church and religion
D) the media
Difficulty: Easy
QuestionID: 01-1-27
Topic: What Influences Our Attitudes About Sex Today
Skill: Remember the Facts
Objective: 1.3 Explain the process of socialization and explain how one socializing agent, the media, has become an omnipresent
influence on sexual socialization.
Answer: A) Bob's own sexual behavior
28. Which of the following has the greatest impact on most children's and teenagers' sexual attitudes and behaviors?
A) Parents
B) Peers
C) School-based sexuality education
D) The media
Difficulty: Easy
QuestionID: 01-1-28
Topic: What Influences Our Attitudes About Sex Today?
Skill: Remember the Facts
Objective: 1.3 Explain the process of socialization and how the media has become an omnipresent influence on sexual socialization.
Answer: D) The media
29. For most teens, which of the following is the most influential socializing agent for sexual attitudes and behaviors?
A) Magazines
B) Music
C) Movies
D) Television
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, Difficulty: Easy
QuestionID: 01-1-29
Topic: What Influences Our Attitudes About Sex Today?
Skill: Remember the Facts
Objective: 1.3 Explain the process of socialization and how the media has become an omnipresent influence on sexual socialization.
Answer: D) Television
30. J.D. Brown (2002) argued that which form of media is "the most powerful storyteller in American culture, one that
continually repeats the myths and ideologies, the fact and patterns of relationships that define and legitimize the social
order?"
A) Movies
B) Music (including radio)
C) Parents
D) Television
Difficulty: Easy
QuestionID: 01-1-30
Topic: What Influences Our Attitudes About Sex Today?
Skill: Remember the Facts
Objective: 1.3 Explain the process of socialization and how the media has become an omnipresent influence on sexual socialization.
Answer: D) Television
31. What percentage of prime time television programs have sexual content?
A) Under 10%
B) Around 25%
C) Roughly 50%
D) Over 75%
Difficulty: Easy
QuestionID: 01-1-31
Topic: What Influences Our Attitudes About Sex Today?
Skill: Remember the Facts
Objective: 1.3 Explain the process of socialization and how the media has become an omnipresent influence on sexual socialization.
Answer: D) Over 75%
32. Advertisers use attractive models in sexy or romantic poses to sell their products. This is called
A) idealization.
B) socialization.
C) identification.
D) a socializing agent.
Difficulty: Easy
QuestionID: 01-1-32
Topic: What Influences Our Attitudes About Sex Today?
Skill: Apply What You Know
Objective: 1.3 Explain the process of socialization and how the media has become an omnipresent influence on sexual socialization.
Answer: C) identification.
33. Children and teenagers who watch television shows with a lot of sexual content
A) are less likely to begin having sexual intercourse earlier than other children.
B) are no more likely to begin having sexual intercourse earlier than other children.
C) are more likely to begin having sexual intercourse earlier than other children.
D) eventually become less influenced by television than other children.
Difficulty: Easy
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edition Regan
Notes
1- The file is chapter after chapter.
2- We have shown you few pages sample.
3- The file contains all Appendix and Excel sheet
if it exists.
4- We have all what you need, we make update
at every time. There are many new editions
waiting you.
5- If you think you purchased the wrong file You
can contact us at every time, we can replace it
with true one.
Our email:
,Chapter 01: Why A Course In Human Sexuality?
Multiple Choice Questions
1. A person's sexuality refers to their
A) sexual attitudes.
B) sexual feelings.
C) sexual behaviors.
D) all of the above.
Difficulty: Easy
QuestionID: 01-1-01
Topic: Cross-Cultural Comparisons
Skill: Remember the Facts
Objective: 1.1 Describe cultural perspectives that differ from your own regarding sexual behaviors and attitudes.
Answer: D) all of the above.
2. Most high school and college students reported that they received most of their sex education from
A) their friends and the media.
B) their parents.
C) a sex education course.
D) a sex education course and their parents.
Difficulty: Easy
QuestionID: 01-1-02
Topic: Cross-Cultural Comparisons
Skill: Remember the Facts
Objective: 1.1 Describe cultural perspectives that differ from your own regarding sexual behaviors and attitudes.
Answer: A) their friends and the media.
3. What percentage of Americans favors the teaching of comprehensive sexual education in high schools?
A) About a third
B) About half
C) About two-thirds
D) Over 90%
Difficulty: Easy
QuestionID: 01-1-03
Topic: Cross-Cultural Comparisons
Skill: Remember the Facts
Objective: 1.1 Describe cultural perspectives that differ from your own regarding sexual behaviors and attitudes.
Answer: D) Over 90%
4. Cross-cultural studies of such groups of people as the Inis Baeg, Pohnpeians, and Mangaians suggest that
A) American sexual behavior is normal compared to the strange behavior of others.
B) the sexual behavior of these groups is perverted.
C) the sexual behavior of Americans may appear as strange to others as their behavior seems strange to us.
D) sexual intercourse is not universal.
Difficulty: Moderate
QuestionID: 01-1-04
Topic: Cross-Cultural Comparisons
Skill: Understand the Concepts
Objective: 1.1 Describe cultural perspectives that differ from your own regarding sexual behaviors and attitudes.
Answer: C) the sexual behavior of Americans may appear as strange to others as their behavior seems strange to us.
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,5. The sight of the navel is considered highly arousing in
A) New Zealand.
B) the Celebs Islands.
C) New Guinea.
D) Samoa.
Difficulty: Moderate
QuestionID: 01-1-05
Topic: Cross-Cultural Comparisons
Skill: Understand the Concepts
Objective: 1.1 Describe cultural perspectives that differ from your own regarding sexual behaviors and attitudes.
Answer: D) Samoa.
6. Most anthropologists believe that the most sexually permissive society in the world is the
A) Gusii.
B) United States.
C) Mangaians.
D) Inis Baeg.
Difficulty: Easy
QuestionID: 01-1-06
Topic: Cross-Cultural Comparisons
Skill: Remember the Facts
Objective: 1.1 Describe cultural perspectives that differ from your own regarding sexual behaviors and attitudes.
Answer: C) Mangaians.
7. Most anthropologists consider the __________ to be the most sexually repressed culture in the world.
A) Mangaians
B) Inis Baeg
C) Pohnpeians
D) United States
Difficulty: Easy
QuestionID: 01-1-07
Topic: Cross-Cultural Comparisons
Skill: Remember the Facts
Objective: 1.1 Describe cultural perspectives that differ from your own regarding sexual behaviors and attitudes.
Answer: B) Inis Baeg
8. In the United States, sexual attitudes and behaviors are
A) different within each ethnic group.
B) different among ethnic groups.
C) very similar for white Americans and African Americans.
D) very similar for white Americans and Latinos.
Difficulty: Easy
QuestionID: 01-1-08
Topic: Cross-Cultural Comparisons
Skill: Remember the Facts
Objective: 1.1 Describe cultural perspectives that differ from your own regarding sexual behaviors and attitudes.
Answer: B) different among ethnic groups.
9. Among people living in the United States, __________ are generally the least permissive in their sexual attitudes and
behaviors.
A) African Americans
B) Asian Americans
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, C) Caucasians
D) Latinos
Difficulty: Easy
QuestionID: 01-1-09
Topic: Cross-Cultural Comparisons
Skill: Remember the Facts
Objective: 1.1 Describe cultural perspectives that differ from your own regarding sexual behaviors and attitudes.
Answer: B) Asian Americans
10. Which of the following was true of the biblical Jews?
A) Women were considered to be independent
B) The genitals were not considered to be obscene
C) The primary object of sex was recreation
D) Sexual relations between spouses were viewed negatively
Difficulty: Easy
QuestionID: 01-1-10
Topic: Historical Perspectives
Skill: Remember the Facts
Objective: 1.2 Identify the historical influences of Judaism, the ancient Greeks and Romans, Christianity, the Victorian Era, and the
sexual revolution on contemporary attitudes about sexuality.
Answer: B) The genitals were not considered to be obscene
11. The idea that having many children ensured the survival of their culture originally came from
A) the biblical Jews.
B) early Christians.
C) early Protestants.
D) early Greeks.
Difficulty: Easy
QuestionID: 01-1-11
Topic: Historical Perspectives
Skill: Remember the Facts
Objective: 1.2 Identify the historical influences of Judaism, the ancient Greeks and Romans, Christianity, the Victorian Era, and the
sexual revolution on contemporary attitudes about sexuality.
Answer: A) the biblical Jews.
12. The idea of having spiritual love without sex comes to us from
A) Plato.
B) the Romans.
C) the Hebrews.
D) Jesus.
Difficulty: Easy
QuestionID: 01-1-12
Topic: Historical Perspectives
Skill: Remember the Facts
Objective: 1.2 Identify the historical influences of Judaism, the ancient Greeks and Romans, Christianity, the Victorian Era, and the
sexual revolution on contemporary attitudes about sexuality.
Answer: A) Plato.
13. John and Stacy are married, but not to each other. They claim that they love each other, but do not want to express that
love physically, only intellectually. Such feelings of love were originally described by
A) Greek philosophers.
B) the Romans.
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, C) the Hebrews.
D) Jesus.
Difficulty: Moderate
QuestionID: 01-1-13
Topic: Historical Perspectives
Skill: Apply What You Know
Objective: 1.2 Identify the historical influences of Judaism, the ancient Greeks and Romans, Christianity, the Victorian Era, and the
sexual revolution on contemporary attitudes about sexuality.
Answer: A) Greek philosophers.
14. Which of these cultures condemned and punished sex outside of marriage most severely?
A) Greeks
B) Christians
C) Hebrews
D) Romans
Difficulty: Easy
QuestionID: 01-1-14
Topic: Historical Perspectives
Skill: Remember the Facts
Objective: 1.2 Identify the historical influences of Judaism, the ancient Greeks and Romans, Christianity, the Victorian Era, and the
sexual revolution on contemporary attitudes about sexuality.
Answer: C) Hebrews
15. Which of these individuals thought that a celibate lifestyle was superior to marriage?
A) Plato
B) Saint Paul
C) Jesus
D) Henry Havelock Ellis
Difficulty: Easy
QuestionID: 01-1-15
Topic: Historical Perspectives
Skill: Remember the Facts
Objective: 1.2 Identify the historical influence of Judaism, the ancient Greeks and Romans, Christianity, the Victorian Era, and the
sexual revolution on contemporary attitudes about sexuality.
Answer: B) Saint Paul
16. Which man did the most to solidify the Church's antisexual attitude by linking sex with the downfall of Adam and Eve?
A) St. Paul
B) St. Augustine
C) Pope John Paul II
D) Jesus
Difficulty: Easy
QuestionID: 01-1-16
Topic: Historical Perspectives
Skill: Remember the Facts
Objective: 1.2 Identify the historical influences of Judaism, the ancient Greeks and Romans, Christianity, the Victorian Era, and the
sexual revolution on contemporary attitudes about sexuality.
Answer: B) St. Augustine
17. Who taught that marital sex for the purpose of procreation should be viewed as an unpleasant necessity?
A) St. Paul
B) St. Augustine
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, C) St. Jerome
D) Jesus
Difficulty: Easy
QuestionID: 01-1-17
Topic: Historical Perspectives
Skill: Remember the Facts
Objective: 1.2 Identify the historical influences of Judaism, the ancient Greeks and Romans, Christianity, the Victorian Era, and the
sexual revolution on contemporary attitudes about sexuality.
Answer: B) St. Augustine
18. Which of the following had the most positive attitude about the human body?
A) Biblical Hebrews
B) Early Christians
C) Victorians
D) Greeks
Difficulty: Easy
QuestionID: 01-1-18
Topic: Historical Perspectives
Skill: Remember the Facts
Objective: 1.2 Identify the historical influences of Judaism, the ancient Greeks and Romans, Christianity, the Victorian Era, and the
sexual revolution on contemporary attitudes about sexuality.
Answer: A) Biblical Hebrews
19. In Western culture, the two groups that have had the greatest influence on negative sexual attitudes are
A) the early Christians and biblical Hebrews.
B) the early Christians and the Puritans.
C) the early Christians and the Victorians.
D) the Puritans and the Victorians.
Difficulty: Easy
QuestionID: 01-1-19
Topic: Historical Perspectives
Skill: Remember the Facts
Objective: 1.2 Identify the historical influences of Judaism, the ancient Greeks and Romans, Christianity, the Victorian Era, and the
sexual revolution on contemporary attitudes about sexuality.
Answer: C) the early Christians and the Victorians.
20. Which of these beliefs were popular in the Victorian era?
A) Pleasurable aspects of sex should be enjoyed
B) Women should be viewed as asexual
C) Wives engage in sex because they want to
D) Women should have multiple sexual partners
Difficulty: Easy
QuestionID: 01-1-20
Topic: Historical Perspectives
Skill: Remember the Facts
Objective: 1.2 Identify the historical influences of Judaism, the ancient Greeks and Romans, Christianity, the Victorian Era, and the
sexual revolution on contemporary attitudes about sexuality.
Answer: B) Women should be viewed as asexual
21. The belief that women were asexual can be traced most clearly to
A) the Victorian era.
B) St. Augustine.
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, C) the Puritan era.
D) the biblical Hebrews.
Difficulty: Moderate
QuestionID: 01-1-21
Topic: Historical Perspectives
Skill: Apply What You Know
Objective: 1.2 Identify the historical influences of Judaism, the ancient Greeks and Romans, Christianity, the Victorian Era, and the
sexual revolution on contemporary attitudes about sexuality.
Answer: A) the Victorian era.
22. In the Victorian era, most physicians believed that masturbation would lead to
A) an increase in fertility.
B) more satisfying relationships.
C) an improvement in blood circulation.
D) mental and physical problems.
Difficulty: Easy
QuestionID: 01-1-22
Topic: Historical Perspectives
Skill: Remember the Facts
Objective: 1.2 Identify the historical influences of Judaism, the ancient Greeks and Romans, Christianity, the Victorian Era, and the
sexual revolution on contemporary attitudes about sexuality.
Answer: D) mental and physical problems.
23. Generally speaking, the Victorian era's views about sexuality were even more negative than earlier Christian views
because of
A) the writings of Freud.
B) the beliefs of the Puritans.
C) the mistaken medical beliefs of that era.
D) the industrial revolution.
Difficulty: Difficult
QuestionID: 01-1-23
Topic: Historical Perspectives
Skill: Analyze It
Objective: 1.2 Identify the historical influences of Judaism, the ancient Greeks and Romans, Christianity, the Victorian Era, and the
sexual revolution on contemporary attitudes about sexuality.
Answer: C) the mistaken medical beliefs of that era.
24. An early survey conducted by Dr. Clelia Mosher in 1892 reveals that many married Victorian women
A) did not enjoy sex, but engaged in it to perform their "wifely duties."
B) engaged in sex only for procreation.
C) desired and enjoyed sex.
D) were sexually repressed and prudish.
Difficulty: Moderate
QuestionID: 01-1-24
Topic: Historical Perspectives
Skill: Remember the Facts
Objective: 1.2 Identify the historical influences of Judaism, the ancient Greeks and Romans, Christianity, the Victorian Era, and the
sexual revolution on contemporary attitudes about sexuality.
Answer: C) desired and enjoyed sex.
25. Socialization refers to
A) a form of government.
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, B) the way in which society shapes individual behaviors and expectations of behaviors.
C) the ability to interact with others.
D) challenging societal norms.
Difficulty: Easy
QuestionID: 01-1-25
Topic: What Influences Our Attitudes About Sex Today?
Skill: Remember the Facts
Objective: 1.3 Explain the process of socialization and how the media has become an omnipresent influence on sexual socialization.
Answer: B) the way in which society shapes individual behaviors and expectations of behaviors.
26. The average U.S. teenager spends _____ a day looking at different media sources.
A) less than 4 hours
B) over 15 hours
C) around 5 hours
D) over 7 hours
Difficulty: Easy
QuestionID: 01-1-26
Topic: What Influences Our Attitudes About Sex Today?
Skill: Remember the Facts
Objective: 1.3 Explain the process of socialization and how the media has become an omnipresent influence on sexual socialization.
Answer: D) over 7 hours
27. Bob is a college freshman. With regard to sex, which of the following is NOT a socializing agent for Bob?
A) Bob's own sexual behavior
B) Bob's peers
C) Bob's church and religion
D) the media
Difficulty: Easy
QuestionID: 01-1-27
Topic: What Influences Our Attitudes About Sex Today
Skill: Remember the Facts
Objective: 1.3 Explain the process of socialization and explain how one socializing agent, the media, has become an omnipresent
influence on sexual socialization.
Answer: A) Bob's own sexual behavior
28. Which of the following has the greatest impact on most children's and teenagers' sexual attitudes and behaviors?
A) Parents
B) Peers
C) School-based sexuality education
D) The media
Difficulty: Easy
QuestionID: 01-1-28
Topic: What Influences Our Attitudes About Sex Today?
Skill: Remember the Facts
Objective: 1.3 Explain the process of socialization and how the media has become an omnipresent influence on sexual socialization.
Answer: D) The media
29. For most teens, which of the following is the most influential socializing agent for sexual attitudes and behaviors?
A) Magazines
B) Music
C) Movies
D) Television
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QuestionID: 01-1-29
Topic: What Influences Our Attitudes About Sex Today?
Skill: Remember the Facts
Objective: 1.3 Explain the process of socialization and how the media has become an omnipresent influence on sexual socialization.
Answer: D) Television
30. J.D. Brown (2002) argued that which form of media is "the most powerful storyteller in American culture, one that
continually repeats the myths and ideologies, the fact and patterns of relationships that define and legitimize the social
order?"
A) Movies
B) Music (including radio)
C) Parents
D) Television
Difficulty: Easy
QuestionID: 01-1-30
Topic: What Influences Our Attitudes About Sex Today?
Skill: Remember the Facts
Objective: 1.3 Explain the process of socialization and how the media has become an omnipresent influence on sexual socialization.
Answer: D) Television
31. What percentage of prime time television programs have sexual content?
A) Under 10%
B) Around 25%
C) Roughly 50%
D) Over 75%
Difficulty: Easy
QuestionID: 01-1-31
Topic: What Influences Our Attitudes About Sex Today?
Skill: Remember the Facts
Objective: 1.3 Explain the process of socialization and how the media has become an omnipresent influence on sexual socialization.
Answer: D) Over 75%
32. Advertisers use attractive models in sexy or romantic poses to sell their products. This is called
A) idealization.
B) socialization.
C) identification.
D) a socializing agent.
Difficulty: Easy
QuestionID: 01-1-32
Topic: What Influences Our Attitudes About Sex Today?
Skill: Apply What You Know
Objective: 1.3 Explain the process of socialization and how the media has become an omnipresent influence on sexual socialization.
Answer: C) identification.
33. Children and teenagers who watch television shows with a lot of sexual content
A) are less likely to begin having sexual intercourse earlier than other children.
B) are no more likely to begin having sexual intercourse earlier than other children.
C) are more likely to begin having sexual intercourse earlier than other children.
D) eventually become less influenced by television than other children.
Difficulty: Easy
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