Exam 34: Introduction to Motivation

On mental rotation tasks,homosexual men perform

The fraternal birth-order effect refers to a factor associated with

During the ________,the genital areas become engorged with blood,a woman's vagina expands and secretes lubricant,and her breast and nipples may enlarge.

Rebecca and Thomas have three sons.Rebecca is pregnant with another son.Studies by Ray Blanchard and Anthony Bogaert indicate that the chances of the fourth son being homosexual if he is right-handed is about ________ percent.

The maternal relatives of homosexual men produce ________ offspring than the maternal relatives of heterosexual men,and male homosexuality is more likely to be transmitted by genes from the ________ side of the family.

The variability of sexual urges and interests is called

Deriving pleasure by repeatedly exposing oneself sexually to others without their consent is most clearly an indication of

With the removal of the ovaries,a woman's natural ________ level drops.

Masters and Johnson described four stages of

Alicia experiences distress due to recurrent vaginal pain that interferes with sexual intercourse.Her difficulty best illustrates a(n)

Forty-year-old Tanisha is happily married.However,she has been feeling much less interest in sexual activities since having her ovaries removed.Which of the following might be causing this?

Janice and Tre are kissing and caressing each other.They are both sexually aroused and decide to engage in intercourse.According to Masters and Johnson,the correct order of the stages of the sexual response cycle the two of them will experience is

A problem that consistently interferes with one's ability to complete the sexual response cycle is called a(n)

Most women who experience sexual distress relate it to

People often refer to homosexuals as persons rather than referring to homosexual behavior as something persons do.In fact,those who experience homosexual desires or engage in homosexual practices are often assumed to be gay or lesbian in the same sense that they are male or female.Describe the potential advantages and disadvantages of this assumption,and critically evaluate how it might influence research on the origins of differing sexual orientations.

Compared with men who do not have older brothers,men who have older brothers are somewhat more likely to experience

A birth-order effect seems to play a role in sexual orientation among

Many sexually active American adolescents fail to avoid pregnancy because

Sixteen-year-old Rashad is on his high school diving team.While they are practicing,a group of girls from the girls' swim team stop by.Rashad immediately tries increasingly risky dives while the girls watch.If Rashad's hormone levels were checked at that time,we are likely to find

Sex hormone levels experienced by the fetus during the second trimester are most likely to influence a male's sexual orientation in later life because of their impact on