Deck 10: Varieties of Sexual Scripts

Question 1

A functionalist explanation of human sexuality would say

A) Human sexual behavior is entirely regulated by biologically determined forces.
B) A well-organized society will use sexuality to support the family-kinship system.
C) Sexual moralities unnecessarily cause individual pain and difficulty.
D) Sexual norms reflect psychological requirements.
E) There is no innate, biological sexual force.

Answer 1

B

Question 2

It is an assumption of social learning-scripting theory that

A) Humans have no powerful, innate sex drive.
B) The sex drive must be controlled or a good society will be impossible.
C) Society must allow the sex drive to be expressed or a good society will be impossible.
D) The sex drive is like the hunger drive-it is universal but expressed differently in different societies.
E) Both (b) and (d) above.

Answer 2

A

Question 3

The most important element of a sexual script is

A) Who.
B) What.
C) Where.
D) Where.
E) Why.

Answer 3

E

Question 4

According to scripting theory, erogenous zones

A) Are parts of the body that, when stimulated, can lead to sexual arousal.
B) Are biologically predetermined.
C) Are learned in a social context.
D) Both (a) and (b) above.
E) Both (a) and (c) above.

Question 5

According to scripting theory, the "why" of sex

A) Is the actual reason that people do sexual things.
B) Is the accounts people give to themselves or other for doing sexual things.
C) Is determined by the innate sex drive.
D) Is determined by reproductive and evolutionary necessity.
E) Is a relatively unimportant element of the sexual script.

Question 6

Control-repression scripts assume that

A) Humans have no powerful, innate sex drive.
B) The sex drive is powerful and beneficial to individuals and societies.
C) The sex drive is powerful and naturally destructive to society.
D) The sex drive is the same for men and women.
E) A natural sex drive is present in humans, but it is weak and easily controlled.

Question 7

Which of the following is NOT an example of a control-repression script?

A) Freud's theories about sexuality.
B) Mangaia.
C) The traditional Christian script.
D) Inis Beag.
E) Victorian "science".

Question 8

For full-expression scripts, the "who" of sex is

A) Spouse only.
B) Couples who are in love.
C) Couples who have some affection for each other.
D) Consenting partners.
E) Same-sex couples only.

Question 9

It is true about American sexual attitudes since 1972 that

A) The percent who think extramarital sex is always wrong has gone up.
B) The percent who think premarital sex is always wrong has gone up.
C) The percent who think homosexual sex is always wrong has gone up.
D) All of the above.
E) None of the above.

Question 10

Of all known transmission of AIDS through the year 1999,

A) The most common of all was male homosexual acts.
B) The most common for women was shared injected drug use.
C) The most common for women was heterosexual contact with a bisexual male.
D) Both (a) and (b) above.
E) Both (a) and (c) above.

Question 11

It is true about the distribution of AIDS cases in America that

A) Blacks and Hispanics have considerably higher percentage incidence of AIDS than do Whites.
B) There are no significant racial differences in cases of AIDS.
C) Geographically, the highest incidence of AIDS is in the suburbs and rural areas.
D) Women are now as likely to get AIDS as are men.
E) Both (a) and (d) above.

Question 12

The sexual double standard holds that

A) Men have a more powerful sex drive than do women.
B) Women play the "sexual entrepreneur" role.
C) Men play the "moral gatekeeper" role.
D) All of the above.
E) Only (b) and (c) above.

Question 13

Research on sexual fantasies finds that

A) Only a few women have sexual fantasies, while nearly all men do.
B) For both men and women, fantasies are more common during sexual intercourse than during masturbation.
C) Men's sexual fantasies are more genitally oriented, while women's are more general.
D) All of the above.
E) Only (b) and (c) above.

Question 14

Until recent times, rape laws

A) Excluded husbands from being charged with raping their wives.
B) Made it legally impossible to charge a woman with the rape of a man.
C) Assumed that most rapes were committed by strangers to the victim.
D) All of the above.
E) Only (a) and (c) above.

Question 15

The key question in statutory rape laws is

A) Ages of the participants.
B) Whether consent was given.
C) How much injury was done to the victim.
D) How long the perpetrator knew the victim before the rape occurred.
E) Whether or not pregnancy resulted.

Question 16

"Sexualization" is

A) The process of adolescent physical sexual development.
B) The process of learning one's individual sexual script.
C) The process of becoming a male or female embryo.
D) The point at which a person has sexual intercourse for the first time.
E) The process of determining what formal and informal norms a society will have.

Question 17

Incidence of pre-marital sexual intercourse

A) Increased fairly rapidly in the late 1960s and the 1970s.
B) Changed more rapidly for men than for women.
C) Is higher for Blacks and Hispanics than for Whites.
D) All of the above.
E) Only (a) and (c) above.

Question 18

Recent studies on different kinds of school sex education programs has generally found that

A) "Abstinence-only" program don't appear to be effective, but not enough have been properly evaluated to know for sure.
B) Programs that talk about condoms, HIV, and other sexually related topics appear to increase sexual activity among adolescents.
C) School health clinics that provide condoms or other contraceptives seem quite effective in increasing contraceptive use.
D) All the above
E) Only (a) and (c) above.

Question 19

According to the typology about the sexuality of adolescents by D'Augelli and D'Augelli, __________ had the most repressive sexual scripts while __________ had the most expressive scripts.

A) Inexperienced virgins; engaged nonvirgins.
B) Adamant virgins; liberated nonvirgins.
C) Potential nonvirgins; confused nonvirgins.
D) Adamant virgins; engaged nonvirgins.
E) Inexperienced virgins; liberated nonvirgins.

Question 20

The theory of relative consequences

A) Claims that cultural norms intervene between behavior and its own effect.
B) Was supported by a study comparing women's reactions to first intercourse in the United States and in Sweden.
C) Was found to be wrong by a study comparing women's reactions to first intercourse in the United States and in Sweden.
D) Both (a) and (b) above.
E) Both (a) and (c) above.

Question 21

Research on the association of premarital sex with later outcomes has found that

A) Of those who had premarital sex only with their eventual partner, most said the effect on the marriage was favorable or neutral.
B) Those who had premarital sex with others had lower divorce rates than those who did not.
C) Those who had premarital sex were less likely to have affairs once they got married.
D) All of the above.
E) Only (a) and (b) above.

Question 22

The term "master status" refers to

A) The highest position in a social hierarchy.
B) The most prestigious social position that an individual holds.
C) A social position that tends to override every other position a person holds.
D) The relative control a married man has over his mistress.
E) The respect people are given as they get older.

Question 23

Kinsey defined sexual preference

A) Solely on the basis of fantasies and self perceptions, rather than on the basis of actual sexual experiences.
B) As a continuum, with heterosexual at one end, homosexual at the other, and bisexual in between.
C) As a dichotomy of either heterosexual or homosexual.
D) Both (a) and (b) above.
E) Both (a) and (c) above.

Question 24

It is true about homosexual "whys" that

A) The public is more accepting when homosexuality is seen as an inborn trait.
B) The public is more accepting when homosexuality is seen as a learned phenomenon.
C) The public is more accepting when homosexuality is seen as a life-style choice.
D) The public is more accepting of homosexuality when the focus is on sexuality rather than on love and affection.
E) The above factors have no influence on how accepting the public is.

Question 25

A situation in which a married couple participates together in having sex with other people is

A) Comarital sex.
B) Extramartial sex.
C) Swinging.
D) All of the above.
E) None of the above.

Question 26

Studies on frequency of sexual intercourse among married couples finds that

A) Frequency goes down with length of marriage.
B) Those who are most sexually active the first year of marriage are least active later one.
C) There is no correlation between sexual frequency and overall sexual satisfaction.
D) There is no correlation between sexual frequency and overall relationship satisfaction.
E) All of the above.

Question 27

Present the functionalist view of human sexuality, then critique that from the conflict perspective.

Question 28

Identify and explain the four levels of sexual scripts.

Question 29

How does the "why" of sex affect all other elements of the sexual script? Give examples to support your case.

Question 30

Explain what it means to say that men have a genital sexual orientation while women have a general sexual orientation.

Question 31

In addition to parents, what influences the sexualization process?

Question 32

Compare various ways in which homosexuality and homosexual might be defined, and how those differences affect attempts to count the homosexual population.

Question 33

For most couples, the "who" of sex is "spouse." Discuss the exceptions to this generalization.

Question 34

Explain the different influences on the "what" of marital sexuality.