Human Sexuality in a Changing World 10th Edition Rathus - Test Bank

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Chapter 5: Sexual Orientation

 

5.1 Multiple Choice

 

1) The term that describes the direction of one’s romantic interests and erotic attractions is __________.

1. A) homosexual.
2. B) heterosexual.
3. C) sexual orientation.
4. D) sexual behavior.

Answer: C

Page Ref: 140

Learning Objective: LO 5.1 Describe the various sexual orientations and discuss controversies in defining them.

Difficulty Level: Easy

Skill Level: Remember

 

2) The term that refers to an erotic attraction to, and preference for, developing romantic relationships with members of the other gender is __________.

1. A) homosexuality.
2. B) heterosexuality.
3. C) bisexuality.
4. D) transsexuality.

Answer: B

Page Ref: 141

Learning Objective: LO 5.1 Describe the various sexual orientations and discuss controversies in defining them.

Difficulty Level: Easy

Skill Level: Remember

 

3) The term that refers to an erotic attraction to, and preference for developing romantic relationships with, members of the same gender is __________.

1. A) homosexuality.
2. B) heterosexuality.
3. C) bisexuality.
4. D) transsexuality.

Answer: A

Page Ref: 141

Learning Objective: LO 5.1 Describe the various sexual orientations and discuss controversies in defining them.

Difficulty Level: Easy

Skill Level: Remember

 

4) The term that refers to an erotic attraction to, and an interest for developing romantic relationships with, members of either sex is __________.

1. A) homosexuality.
2. B) heterosexuality.
3. C) bisexuality.
4. D) transsexuality.

Answer: C

Page Ref: 141

Learning Objective: LO 5.1 Describe the various sexual orientations and discuss controversies in defining them.

Difficulty Level: Easy

Skill Level: Remember

 

5) Homosexual men are referred to as __________.

1. A) lesbians.
2. B) gay females.
3. C) dykes.
4. D) gay males.

Answer: D

Page Ref: 141

Learning Objective: LO 5.1 Describe the various sexual orientations and discuss controversies in defining them.

Difficulty Level: Easy

Skill Level: Remember

 

6) Which of the following terms does not belong with the others?

1. A) Homosexual
2. B) Gay
3. C) Transsexual
4. D) Lesbian

Answer: C

Page Ref: 141

Learning Objective: LO 5.1 Describe the various sexual orientations and discuss controversies in defining them.

Difficulty Level: Moderate

Skill Level: Understand

 

7) All of the following are reasons why the term homosexuality is controversial, except that __________.

1. A) some gay people feel that it draws attention to sexual behavior.
2. B) the term is associated with concepts of deviance and mental illness.
3. C) the term is often used to refer only to gay males.
4. D) most gays are ashamed of the use of this term because they are ashamed of being gay.

Answer: D

Page Ref: 141

Learning Objective: LO 5.1 Describe the various sexual orientations and discuss controversies in defining them.

Difficulty Level: Moderate

Skill Level: Understand

 

8) Which of the following statements is most accurate in comparing the sexual orientations of women and men?

1. A) Women’s sexual orientations seem to be more plastic or flexible than those of men.
2. B) Men tend to avoid labeling their orientations, whereas women tend to spend considerable time labeling themselves accurately.
3. C) The ways that men and women experience their sexual orientations are remarkably similar.
4. D) Men’s sexual orientations change more over time than do the orientations of women.

Answer: A

Page Ref: 143

Learning Objective: LO 5.1 Describe the various sexual orientations and discuss controversies in defining them.

Difficulty Level: Moderate

Skill Level: Understand

 

9) To Kinsey, a rating of “0” on the Kinsey sexual orientation scale indicates someone who is __________.

1. A) not sure of their sexual orientation.
2. B) exclusively heterosexual.
3. C) exclusively homosexual.
4. D) sexually inexperienced.

Answer: B

Page Ref: 144

Learning Objective: LO 5.1 Describe the various sexual orientations and discuss controversies in defining them.

Difficulty Level: Moderate

Skill Level: Understand

 

10) Based on Kinsey’s seven-point heterosexual–homosexual continuum, Mike is rated as a “6.” This means __________.

1. A) Mike is exclusively heterosexual.
2. B) Mike is exclusively homosexual.
3. C) Mike is bisexual.
4. D) None of the above

Answer: B

Page Ref: 144

Learning Objective: LO 5.1 Describe the various sexual orientations and discuss controversies in defining them.

Difficulty Level: Difficult

Skill Level: Apply

 

11) According to Kinsey’s study, approximately  __________ % of the US population was gay or predominantly gay.

1. A) 1
2. B) 10
3. C) 20
4. D) 50

Answer: B

Page Ref: 144

Learning Objective: LO 5.1 Describe the various sexual orientations and discuss controversies in defining them.

Difficulty Level: Easy

Skill Level: Remember

 

12) According to recent research, approximately  __________ % of the US population identify themselves as “other than heterosexual,” but the behavior of the other  __________ % doesn’t match up with the way people label themselves.

1. A) 2, 98
2. B) 3, 97
3. C) 5, 95
4. D) 7, 93

Answer: D

Page Ref: 144

Learning Objective: LO 5.1 Describe the various sexual orientations and discuss controversies in defining them.

Difficulty Level: Easy

Skill Level: Remember

 

13) A Gallup Poll in 2012 found which age group most likely to identify themselves as homosexual?

1. A) 18–29 year olds
2. B) 30–49 year olds
3. C) 50–64 year olds
4. D) 65 year olds and older

Answer: A

Page Ref: 144

Learning Objective: LO 5.1 Describe the various sexual orientations and discuss controversies in defining them.

Difficulty Level: Moderate

Skill Level: Understand

 

14) A Gallup Poll in 2012 found that individuals in this group are least likely to label themselves as gay, bisexual or transgender.

1. A) African American males in the 18- to 29-year-old age range
2. B) African American males in the 50-to 64-year-old age range
   C) Asian males in the 18- to 29- year-old age range
3. D) Asian males in the 50- to 64-year-old age range

Answer: B
Page Ref: 145

Learning Objective: LO 5.1 Describe the various sexual orientations and discuss controversies in defining them.

Difficulty Level: Moderate

Skill Level: Understand

 

15) Kinsey believed that heterosexual and gay sexual orientations were __________.

1. A) determined by parental behaviors.
2. B) opposite ends of one continuum.
3. C) separate continua.
4. D) based on social desirability.

Answer: B

Page Ref: 147

Learning Objective: LO 5.1 Describe the various sexual orientations and discuss controversies in defining them.

Difficulty Level: Moderate

Skill Level: Understand

 

16) In the Chivers and Bailey (2005) study of arousal and orientation in women, the women were likely to be aroused by __________.

1. A) both male and female stimuli, regardless of their sexual orientation.
2. B) the male stimuli if heterosexual and female stimuli if homosexual.
3. C) only male stimuli if heterosexual, but lesbians were aroused by both male and female stimuli.
4. D) only female stimuli if homosexual, but heterosexual women were aroused by both male and female stimuli.

Answer: A

Page Ref: 148

Learning Objective: LO 5.1 Describe the various sexual orientations and discuss controversies in defining them.

Difficulty Level: Easy

Skill Level: Remember

 

17) George is walking down the street one day and sees two men across the street walking hand-in-hand. He is thoroughly disgusted by this. George’s reaction is connected to __________.

1. A) homophobia, a characteristic more common in women.
2. B) biphobia, a characteristic more common in men.
3. C) homophobia, a characteristic more common in men.
4. D) biphobia, a characteristic more common in women.

Answer: C

Page Ref: 148

Learning Objective: LO 5.1 Describe the various sexual orientations and discuss controversies in defining them.

Difficulty Level: Difficult

Skill Level: Apply

 

18) Which of the following statements is true?

1. A) Bisexuality is a “cover” for gay males or lesbians.
2. B) Many bisexuals have a stronger attraction to people of one sex than another.
3. C) Bisexuals are equally attracted to people of both sexes.
4. D) None of the above statements are true.

Answer: B

Page Ref: 148

Learning Objective: LO 5.1 Describe the various sexual orientations and discuss controversies in defining them.

Difficulty Level: Moderate

Skill Level: Understand

 

19) According to the study done by the NHSLS, approximately  __________ % of the U S population identify themselves as being bisexual.

1. A) 1
2. B) 5
3. C) 10
4. D) 20

Answer: A

Page Ref: 148

Learning Objective: LO 5.1 Describe the various sexual orientations and discuss controversies in defining them.

Difficulty Level: Easy

Skill Level: Remember

 

20) According to research on bisexuality, all of the following statements are true, except __________.

1. A) Some bisexual men have been able to remain in reasonably comfortable committed heterosexual relationships.
2. B) Some bisexual men in committed heterosexual relationships feel some anxiety and feelings of guilt.
3. C) Many bisexual men in committed heterosexual relationships felt high levels of stress.
4. D) All of the above statements are true.

Answer: C

Page Ref: 149

Learning Objective: LO 5.1 Describe the various sexual orientations and discuss controversies in defining them.

Difficulty Level: Difficult

Skill Level: Apply

 

21) Which of the following is characteristic of the ancient Greeks?

1. A) In Ancient Greece, relationships were common among men and adolescent boys.
2. B) Highly feminine gay men dressing flamboyantly, with showy hair styles and mannerisms, and cruised certain neighborhoods searching for partners.
3. C) The “Office of the Night” convicted over 3,000 sodomites and required them to go to jail.
4. D) Any nonprocreative sexual act was viewed as sinful.

Answer: A

Page Ref: 149

Learning Objective: LO 5.2 Explain how sexual orientation has been viewed historically and scientifically.

Difficulty Level: Easy

Skill Level: Remember

 

22) Which of the following is characteristic of the ancient Romans?

1. A) Relationships were common among men and adolescent boys.
2. B) Highly feminine gay men dressing flamboyantly, with showy hair styles and mannerisms, and cruised certain neighborhoods searching for partners.
3. C) The “Office of the Night” convicted over 3,000 sodomites and required them to go to jail.
4. D) Any nonprocreative sexual act was viewed as sinful.

Answer: B

Page Ref: 149

Learning Objective: LO 5.2 Explain how sexual orientation has been viewed historically and scientifically.

Difficulty Level: Easy

Skill Level: Remember

 

23) Which of the following early societies was the most tolerant of male–male sexual behaviors?

1. A) Early Christians after the fall of Rome
2. B) Florence during the Renaissance
3. C) Ancient Greece
4. D) All of the above were highly intolerant of male–male sexual behaviors.

Answer: C

Page Ref: 149

Learning Objective: LO 5.2 Explain how sexual orientation has been viewed historically and scientifically.

Difficulty Level: Easy

Skill Level: Remember

 

24) What form of male–male sexual behavior is considered normal and is encouraged among the Sambia people of New Guinea?

1. A) Married men have anal intercourse with adolescent boys as part of a rite of passage into manhood.
2. B) Prepubertal boys ingest the semen of older males from the tribe.
3. C) Victorious warriors force anal intercourse on the males from the defeated tribes.
4. D) During feasts and celebrations, the men of a tribe manually stimulate each other to orgasm.

Answer: B

Page Ref: 150

Learning Objective: LO 5.2 Explain how sexual orientation has been viewed historically and scientifically.

Difficulty Level: Easy

Skill Level: Remember

 

25) All of the following were forbidden acts in Christian societies through the Middle Ages, except __________.

1. A) fellatio between men.
2. B) anal intercourse between married partners.
3. C) masturbation.
4. D) sex between married partners for the purpose of procreation.

Answer: D

Page Ref: 150

Learning Objective: LO 5.2 Explain how sexual orientation has been viewed historically and scientifically.

Difficulty Level: Easy

Skill Level: Remember

 

26) Which of the following is characteristic of the early Christians?

1. A) Relationships were common among men and adolescent boys.
2. B) Highly feminine gay men dressed flamboyantly, with showy hair styles and mannerisms, and cruised certain neighborhoods searching for partners.
3. C) The “Office of the Night” convicted over 3,000 sodomites and required them to go to jail.
4. D) Any nonprocreative act was viewed as sinful.

Answer: D

Page Ref: 150

Learning Objective: LO 5.2 Explain how sexual orientation has been viewed historically and scientifically.

Difficulty Level: Easy

Skill Level: Remember

 

27) According to recent research, members of the ethnic minority groups in the United States are  __________ of homosexuals than European Americans.

1. A) more tolerant
2. B) much more tolerant
3. C) less tolerant
4. D) There’s no real distinction in the tolerance levels of ethnic minorities and European Americans.

Answer: C

Page Ref: 151

Learning Objective: LO 5.2 Explain how sexual orientation has been viewed historically and scientifically.

Difficulty Level: Moderate

Skill Level: Understand

 

28) Because women of  __________ culture must remain virgins until marriage, it is common for men to sometimes engage in male–male sexual behavior without being considered gay.

1. A) Indian American
2. B) Latino and Latina American
3. C) Asian American
4. D) Native American

Answer: B

Page Ref: 151

Learning Objective: LO 5.2 Explain how sexual orientation has been viewed historically and scientifically.

Difficulty Level: Easy

Skill Level: Remember

 

29) Lesbians in __________culture are viewed as threats to the tradition of male dominance and the denial of female sexuality.

1. A) African American
2. B) Latino and Latina American
3. C) European American
4. D) Native American

Answer: B

Page Ref: 151

Learning Objective: LO 5.2 Explain how sexual orientation has been viewed historically and scientifically.

Difficulty Level: Easy

Skill Level: Remember

 

30) Homosexuality in  __________ culture is seen as a rejection of traditional cultural roles and a threat to the continuity of the family line.

1. A) African American
2. B) Latino and Latina American
3. C) Asian American
4. D) Native American

Answer: C

Page Ref: 151

Learning Objective: LO 5.2 Explain how sexual orientation has been viewed historically and scientifically.

Difficulty Level: Easy

Skill Level: Remember

 

31) Due to this ethnicity’s strong allegiance to Christian beliefs and Biblical scripture, and their desire to overcome stereotypes about their sexual tendencies and assert their sexual “normalcy,” homosexuals within  __________ culture are urged to remain secretive about their sexual orientations.

1. A) African American
2. B) Latino and Latina American
3. C) Asian American
4. D) Native American

Answer: A

Page Ref: 151

Learning Objective: LO 5.2 Explain how sexual orientation has been viewed historically and scientifically.

Difficulty Level: Easy

Skill Level: Remember

 

32) The influence of the religions of colonists and pressures to socialize into the European American culture led to greater rejection of lesbians and gay men within  __________ culture.

1. A) African American
2. B) Latino and Latina American
3. C) Asian American
4. D) Native American

Answer: D

Page Ref: 151

Learning Objective: LO 5.2 Explain how sexual orientation has been viewed historically and scientifically.

Difficulty Level: Easy

Skill Level: Remember

 

33) Which of the following statements about cross-species homosexuality is true?

1. A) Animals have rarely been found to have homosexual orientations.
2. B) Animals showing male–male or female–female sexual activity typically do not show male–female sexual behaviors.
3. C) Male–male and female–female sexual activity among animals often appears to be motivated by social dominance as opposed to being sexually motivated.
4. D) None of the above.

Answer: C

Page Ref: 152

Learning Objective: LO 5.2 Explain how sexual orientation has been viewed historically and scientifically.

Difficulty Level: Moderate

Skill Level: Understand

 

34) Evolutionary theorists have proposed the concept of  __________ in their attempt to explain how male–male or female–female alliances could enhance group survival and thus persist through history.

1. A) reciprocal altruism
2. B) exclusive fitness
3. C) masturbatory inclusiveness
4. D) genital bonding

Answer: A

Page Ref: 152

Learning Objective: LO 5.2 Explain how sexual orientation has been viewed historically and scientifically.

Difficulty Level: Moderate

Skill Level: Understand

 

35) Research comparing identical twins show that __________.

1. A) sexual orientation is not genetically determined.
2. B) there is a perfect match, such that if one identical twin is gay, so is the other twin.
3. C) the environment plays no part in determining sexual orientation.
4. D) if one identical twin is gay, the other twin has a higher than normal chance of being gay also.

Answer: D

Page Ref: 152

Learning Objective: LO 5.2 Explain how sexual orientation has been viewed historically and scientifically.

Difficulty Level: Moderate

Skill Level: Understand

 

36) Monozygotic twins are more likely to be concordant for homosexuality than dizygotic twins at a rate of about  __________.

1. A) 2:1
2. B) 4:1
3. C) 6:1
4. D) 10:1

Answer: A

Page Ref: 153

Learning Objective: LO 5.2 Explain how sexual orientation has been viewed historically and scientifically.

Difficulty Level: Difficult

Skill Level: Apply

 

37) Researchers have found evidence linking a region on  __________ to a gay male sexual orientation.

1. A) the X sex chromosome
2. B) the Y sex chromosome
3. C) both the X and Y sex chromosomes
4. D) neither the X nor Y sex chromosomes

Answer: A

Page Ref: 153

Learning Objective: LO 5.2 Explain how sexual orientation has been viewed historically and scientifically.

Difficulty Level: Easy

Skill Level: Remember

 

38) In adulthood, testosterone appears to have activating effects. Which of the following describes these activating effects?

1. A) Adults’ level of testosterone affects their preference for partners of the same or the other sex.
2. B) Adults’ level of testosterone affects the intensity of sexual desire and the direction of that desire toward partners of the same or the other sex.
3. C) One’s adolescent levels of testosterone affect the probability of developing a homosexual sexual orientation.
4. D) Adults’ level of testosterone affects the intensity of their sexual desire but not the direction of that desire toward partners of the same or the other sex.

Answer: D

Page Ref: 154

Learning Objective: LO 5.2 Explain how sexual orientation has been viewed historically and scientifically.

Difficulty Level: Difficult

Skill Level: Apply

 

39) Hormones are most likely to affect sexual orientation __________.

1. A) during puberty.
2. B) while a fetus is in the uterus.
3. C) during early adulthood.
4. D) during the phallic stage.

Answer: B

Page Ref: 154

Learning Objective: LO 5.2 Explain how sexual orientation has been viewed historically and scientifically.

Difficulty Level: Moderate

Skill Level: Understand

 

40) Research from Sweden reports evidence that gender identity and sexual orientation can develop __________.

1. A) prior to conception.
2. B) during the intrauterine period.
3. C) during the birth process.
4. D) during the first two years of life.

Answer: B

Page Ref: 154

Learning Objective: LO 5.2 Explain how sexual orientation has been viewed historically and scientifically.

Difficulty Level: Moderate

Skill Level: Understand

 

41) Recent research from Sweden reports that sexual differentiation of the brain and of the genitals __________.

1. A) can occur independently.
2. B) are dependent on estrogen.
3. C) are retarded by testosterone.
4. D) occur in the cortex.

Answer: A

Page Ref: 154

Learning Objective: LO 5.2 Explain how sexual orientation has been viewed historically and scientifically.

Difficulty Level: Easy

Skill Level: Remember

 

42) Simon LeVay’s research on brain differences of heterosexuals and homosexuals __________.

1. A) found no differences in the brains of gays and straights.
2. B) suggests a correlation between brain differences and sexual orientation.
3. C) found that homosexuals have a third hemisphere in their brains.
4. D) proves brain differences are the cause of homosexuality.

Answer: B

Page Ref: 154

Learning Objective: LO 5.2 Explain how sexual orientation has been viewed historically and scientifically.

Difficulty Level: Moderate

Skill Level: Understand

 

43) Which section of the brain was different in Simon LeVay’s study of 35 heterosexual and homosexual men who had died from AIDS?

1. A) Third interstitial nucleus of the anterior hypothalamus
2. B) Fifth interstitial nucleus of the posterior hypothalamus
3. C) First interstitial nucleus of the cerebellum
4. D) Third interstitial nucleus of the cerebellum

Answer: A

Page Ref: 154

Learning Objective: LO 5.2 Explain how sexual orientation has been viewed historically and scientifically.

Difficulty Level: Easy

Skill Level: Remember

 

44) Who was the originator of psychoanalytic theory?

1. A) Sigmund Freud
2. B) Carl Jung
3. C) B.F. Skinner
4. D) Masters and Johnson

Answer: A

Page Ref: 156

Learning Objective: LO 5.2 Explain how sexual orientation has been viewed historically and scientifically.

Difficulty Level: Easy

Skill Level: Remember

 

45) Freud believed a man develops a gay orientation by failing to resolve his __________.

1. A) Electra complex.
2. B) castration anxiety.
3. C) Oedipus complex.
4. D) super egos.

Answer: C

Page Ref: 156

Learning Objective: LO 5.2 Explain how sexual orientation has been viewed historically and scientifically.

Difficulty Level: Easy

Skill Level: Remember

 

46) Psychoanalytic theory relates homosexuality in men to the faulty resolution of  __________ complex and in women to the  __________ complex.

1. A) Morpheus; Electra
2. B) Oedipus; Electra
3. C) Adam; Eve
4. D) Ego; Super Ego

Answer: B

Page Ref: 156

Learning Objective: LO 5.2 Explain how sexual orientation has been viewed historically and scientifically.

Difficulty Level: Moderate

Skill Level: Understand

 

47) Problems with Freud’s theories result from which of the following?

1. A) Freud’s theories are generally correct, but the problems stem from children not telling the truth in regards to their complexes.
2. B) Many parents will not let their children be put through the rigorous psychoanalytical tests necessary to support Freud’s theories.
3. C) There are no problems with Freud’s theories. They have withstood the test of time.
4. D) Because most of his theories lie at the unconscious level, they cannot be studied scientifically.

Answer: D

Page Ref: 157

Learning Objective: LO 5.2 Explain how sexual orientation has been viewed historically and scientifically.

Difficulty Level: Moderate

Skill Level: Understand

 

48) In which year did the Supreme Court of the United States rule that people o the same sex have a constitutional right to get married?

1. A) 1986
2. B) 1992
3. C) 2001
4. D) 2015

Answer: D

Page Ref: 158-159

Learning Objective: LO 5.3 Discuss contemporary U.S. attitudes toward homosexuality.

Difficulty Level: Easy

Skill Level: Remember

 

49) In 2011, who gave gay males and lesbians the right to openly serve their country in the United States military?

1. A) President Bill Clinton
2. B) President Barack Obama
3. C) The Supreme Court of the United States
4. D) The Congress of the United States

Answer: B
Page Ref: 160

Learning Objective: LO 5.3 Discuss contemporary U.S. attitudes toward homosexuality.

Difficulty Level: Easy

Skill Level: Remember

 

50) It is the most popular dating App for gay men.

1. A) eHarmony
2. B) Plenty of fish
3. C) Grindr
4. D) Match.com

Answer: C
Page Ref: 161

Learning Objective: LO 5.3 Discuss contemporary U.S. attitudes toward homosexuality.

Difficulty Level: Easy

Skill Level: Remember

 

51) According to meta-analysis, lesbian, gay and bisexual people are __________.

1. A) as likely as heterosexuals to attempt suicide.
2. B) less likely than heterosexuals to attempt suicide.
3. C) more than ten times as likely as heterosexuals to attempt suicide.
4. D) more than twice as likely as heterosexuals to attempt suicide.

Answer: D
Page Ref: 162

Learning Objective: LO 5.3 Discuss contemporary U.S. attitudes toward homosexuality.

Difficulty Level: Moderate

Skill Level: Understand

 

52) According to the FBI, how many hate crimes in the United States are directed against gay males and lesbians?

1. A) one in every five
2. B) one out of every two
3. C) one out of every ten
4. D) one out of every seven

Answer: A
Page Ref: 164

Learning Objective: LO 5.4 Discuss the psychological adjustment of lesbians and gay males.

Difficulty Level: Easy

Skill Level: Remember

 

53) Which of the following terms is defined as negative attitudes or feelings toward people who are attracted to both the same sex and the opposite sex?

1. A) Intolerance
2. B) Biphobia
3. C) Homophobia
4. D) Hetero-homophobia

Answer: B

Page Ref: 164-165

Learning Objective: LO 5.4 Discuss the psychological adjustment of lesbians and gay males.

Difficulty Level: Easy

Skill Level: Remember

 

54) Which of the following statements is true?

1. A) “Butch” lesbians are less comfortable coming out than “femme” lesbians.
2. B) Biphobia is experienced only in the heterosexual populations.
3. C) Biphobia is only experienced by “butch” lesbians.
4. D) Bisexual women experience homophobia and biphobia.

Answer: D

Page Ref: 167

Learning Objective: LO 5.5 Describe concerns about and processes of “coming out.”

Difficulty Level: Moderate

Skill Level: Understand

 

55) Researchers by and large found a  __________ gap between initial attraction to members of one’s own gender and disclosure of one’s orientation to other people, which usually occurred at about age 18.

1. A) 6-year
2. B) 8-year
3. C) 10-year
4. D) 12-year

Answer: C

Page Ref: 167

Learning Objective: LO 5.5 Describe concerns about and processes of “coming out.”

Difficulty Level: Easy

Skill Level: Remember

 

 

56) In what year did the Supreme Court rule that same-sex couples may exercise the right to marry?

1. A) 2011
2. B) 2014
3. C) 2015
4. D) 2017

Answer: C
Page Ref: 168

Learning Objective: LO 5.6 Discuss the status of same-sex marriage in the United States, including changing attitudes toward same-sex marriage.

Difficulty Level: Easy

Skill Level: Remember

 

57) Which of the following statements about Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) is true?

1. A) DOMA was signed into law by Barack Obama.
2. B) DOMA passed in the House of Representatives but, failed in the Senate.
3. C) DOMA prevented states from legalizing same sex marriage.
4. D) DOMA denied federal marriage benefits to same-sex couples.

Answer: D
Page Ref: 168

Learning Objective: LO 5.6 Discuss the status of same-sex marriage in the United States, including changing attitudes toward same-sex marriage.

Difficulty Level: Easy

Skill Level: Remember

 

5.2 True/False

 

1) Sexual orientation is different from sexual behavior because it refers to feelings and self-image.

Answer: True

Page Ref: 141

Learning Objective: LO 5.1 Describe the various sexual orientations and discuss controversies in defining them.

Difficulty Level: Moderate

Skill Level: Understand

 

2) Most gay men have a gender identity that is inconsistent with their anatomic sex.

Answer: False

Page Ref: 141

Learning Objective: LO 5.1 Describe the various sexual orientations and discuss controversies in defining them.

Difficulty Level: Moderate

Skill Level: Understand

 

3) A homosexual is defined as anyone who has ever had sex with someone of their own sex.

Answer: False

Page Ref: 141

Learning Objective: LO 5.1 Describe the various sexual orientations and discuss controversies in defining them.

Difficulty Level: Moderate

Skill Level: Understand

 

4) According to Kinsey, a person is either all heterosexual or all homosexual.

Answer: False

Page Ref: 143

Learning Objective: LO 5.1 Describe the various sexual orientations and discuss controversies in defining them.

Difficulty Level: Moderate

Skill Level: Understand

 

5) Heterosexual people may have occasional homoerotic interests.

Answer: True

Page Ref: 143

Learning Objective: LO 5.1 Describe the various sexual orientations and discuss controversies in defining them.

Difficulty Level: Moderate

Skill Level: Understand

 

6) Few people were classified as exclusively heterosexual on Kinsey’s continuum of sexual orientation.

Answer: False

Page Ref: 144

Learning Objective: LO 5.1 Describe the various sexual orientations and discuss controversies in defining them.

Difficulty Level: Easy

Skill Level: Remember

 

7) Statistics concerning respondents’ past sexual activity can be misleading.

Answer: True

Page Ref: 144

Learning Objective: LO 5.1 Describe the various sexual orientations and discuss controversies in defining them.

Difficulty Level: Easy

Skill Level: Remember

 

8) Half of the men who reported male-male sexual activity in Kinsey’s sample limited it to the ages of 12 to 14.

Answer: True

Page Ref: 144

Learning Objective: LO 5.1 Describe the various sexual orientations and discuss controversies in defining them.

Difficulty Level: Easy

Skill Level: Remember

 

9) 18- to 29-year-old African Americans are most likely to label themselves as LGBT.

Answer: True

Page Ref: 145

Learning Objective: LO 5.1 Describe the various sexual orientations and discuss controversies in defining them.

Difficulty Level: Easy

Skill Level: Remember

 

10) Women’s sexual orientations are more flexible than men’s.

Answer: True

Page Ref: 148

Learning Objective: LO 5.1 Describe the various sexual orientations and discuss controversies in defining them.

Difficulty Level: Easy

Skill Level: Remember

 

11) Bisexual refers to a person who wants to have “a threesome” with another man and woman at the same time.

Answer: False

Page Ref: 148

Learning Objective: LO 5.1 Describe the various sexual orientations and discuss controversies in defining them.

Difficulty Level: Moderate

Skill Level: Understand

 

12) Homosexuals who are ambivalent about who they want to be with sexually are termed bisexuals.

Answer: False

Page Ref: 148

Learning Objective: LO 5.1 Describe the various sexual orientations and discuss controversies in defining them.

Difficulty Level: Moderate

Skill Level: Understand

 

13) Bisexuality is an attraction to and interest in forming romantic relationships with members of one’s own sex.

Answer: False

Page Ref: 148

Learning Objective: LO 5.1 Describe the various sexual orientations and discuss controversies in defining them.

Difficulty Level: Easy

Skill Level: Remember

 

14) Bisexuals have both male and female genitalia.

Answer: False

Page Ref: 148

Learning Objective: LO 5.1 Describe the various sexual orientations and discuss controversies in defining them.

Difficulty Level: Moderate

Skill Level: Understand

 

15) Biologists have observed same-sex sexual behavior in at least 450 different species of animals.

Answer: True

Page Ref: 150

Learning Objective: LO 5.2 Explain how sexual orientation has been viewed historically and scientifically.

Difficulty Level: Easy

Skill Level: Remember

 

16) Lesbian and gay men often find more of a sense of belonging in the gay community than in their own ethnic community.

Answer: True

Page Ref: 151

Learning Objective: LO 5.2 Explain how sexual orientation has been viewed historically and scientifically.

Difficulty Level: Difficult

Skill Level: Apply

 

17) Sexual orientations do not run in families.

Answer: False

Page Ref: 152

Learning Objective: LO 5.2 Explain how sexual orientation has been viewed historically and scientifically.

Difficulty Level: Easy

Skill Level: Remember

 

18) Evidence links the X and Y sex chromosomes to gay sexual orientation.

Answer: False

Page Ref: 152

Learning Objective: LO 5.2 Explain how sexual orientation has been viewed historically and scientifically.

Difficulty Level: Easy

Skill Level: Remember

 

19) Evidence suggests that there are structural differences between the brains of heterosexual and gay men.

Answer: True

Page Ref: 153

Learning Objective: LO 5.2 Explain how sexual orientation has been viewed historically and scientifically.

Difficulty Level: Easy

Skill Level: Remember

 

20) Freud’s views on homosexuality have been tested scientifically.

Answer: False

Page Ref: 156

Learning Objective: LO 5.2 Explain how sexual orientation has been viewed historically and scientifically.

Difficulty Level: Moderate

Skill Level: Understand

 

21) Gay males are more likely to recall feeling more sensitive than their heterosexual peers during childhood.

Answer: True

Page Ref: 157

Learning Objective: LO 5.2 Explain how sexual orientation has been viewed historically and scientifically.

Difficulty Level: Easy

Skill Level: Remember

 

22) A number of states in the United States still have sodomy laws on the books.

Answer: True

Page Ref: 159

Learning Objective: LO 5.3 Discuss contemporary U.S. attitudes toward homosexuality.

Difficulty Level: Moderate

Skill Level: Understand

 

23) In 2003, the sodomy law in Texas was found to be unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.

Answer: True

Page Ref: 159

Learning Objective: LO 5.3 Discuss contemporary U.S. attitudes toward homosexuality.

Difficulty Level: Moderate

Skill Level: Understand

 

24) DOMA was found unconstitutional in 2013.

Answer: True

Page Ref: 160

Learning Objective: LO 5.3 Discuss contemporary U.S. attitudes toward homosexuality.

Difficulty Level: Moderate

Skill Level: Understand

 

25) In the 1980s and 1990s, the issue of the herpes epidemic was the prime concern of gay activist groups.

Answer: False

Page Ref: 160

Learning Objective: LO 5.3 Discuss contemporary U.S. attitudes toward homosexuality.

Difficulty Level: Moderate

Skill Level: Understand

 

26) Among heterosexuals, sexual aggressiveness is linked to the masculine gender roles.

Answer: True

Page Ref: 160

Learning Objective: LO 5.3 Discuss contemporary U.S. attitudes toward homosexuality.

Difficulty Level: Moderate

Skill Level: Understand

 

27) In gay male and lesbian relationships, one partner typically assumes a more masculine (butch) role and the other a more feminine (femme) role.

Answer: False

Page Ref: 160-161

Learning Objective: LO 5.3 Discuss contemporary U.S. attitudes toward homosexuality.

Difficulty Level: Easy

Skill Level: Remember

 

28) Homosexual teens attempt suicide in significantly greater proportions than heterosexual teens.

Answer: True

Page Ref: 162

Learning Objective: LO 5.4 Discuss the psychological adjustment of lesbians and gay males.

Difficulty Level: Moderate

Skill Level: Understand

 

29) Gay bashing is a form of homophobia.

Answer: True

Page Ref: 164

Learning Objective: LO 5.4 Discuss the psychological adjustment of lesbians and gay males.

Difficulty Level: Easy

Skill Level: Remember

 

30) Telling disparaging “queer jokes” is a form of homophobia.

Answer: True

Page Ref: 164

Learning Objective: LO 5.4 Discuss the psychological adjustment of lesbians and gay males.

Difficulty Level: Easy

Skill Level: Remember

 

31) Coming out is not usually defined by a single moment, a single decision, or a single act.

Answer: True

Page Ref: 166

Learning Objective: LO 5.5 Describe concerns about and processes of “coming out.”

Difficulty Level: Moderate

Skill Level: Understand

 

32) Biphobia includes feelings of intolerance, hatred, and fear.

Answer: True

Page Ref: 166

Learning Objective: LO 5.5 Describe concerns about and processes of “coming out.”

Difficulty Level: Moderate

Skill Level: Understand

 

33) Compared to other countries such as Sweden, Norway, and Canada, the United States was the leader in formalizing gay marriage.

Answer: False

Page Ref: 168

Learning Objective: LO 5.6 Discuss the status of same-sex marriage in the United States, including changing attitudes toward same-sex marriage.

Difficulty Level: Moderate

Skill Level: Understand

 

 

5.3 Short Answer

 

1) What is the difference between sexual orientation, sexual identity, and heteronormativity?

Page Ref: 141–142

Learning Objective: LO 5.1 Describe the various sexual orientations and discuss controversies in defining them.

Difficulty Level: Easy

Skill Level: Remember

 

2) What is the difference between a homosexual orientation and a heterosexual orientation?

Page Ref: 141

Learning Objective: LO 5.1 Describe the various sexual orientations and discuss controversies in defining them.

Difficulty Level: Easy

Skill Level: Remember

 

3) What is the difference between heteroerotic and homoerotic, and how does that compare to homosexuality and heterosexuality?

Page Ref: 143

Learning Objective: LO 5.1 Describe the various sexual orientations and discuss controversies in defining them.

Difficulty Level: Moderate

Skill Level: Understand

 

4) Briefly examine how Kinsey and his colleagues scale classified individuals.

Page Ref: 143

Learning Objective: LO 5.1 Describe the various sexual orientations and discuss controversies in defining them.

Difficulty Level: Moderate

Skill Level: Understand

 

5) Why might statistics concerning past sexuality activity with a member of one’s own anatomic sex be misleading?

Page Ref: 144

Learning Objective: LO 5.1 Describe the various sexual orientations and discuss controversies in defining them.

Difficulty Level: Moderate

Skill Level: Understand

 

6) Define bisexuality.

Page Ref: 148

Learning Objective: LO 5.1 Describe the various sexual orientations and discuss controversies in defining them.

Difficulty Level: Easy

Skill Level: Remember

 

7) Explain how sexual orientation was viewed in ancient Greece.

Page Ref: 149

Learning Objective: LO 5.2 Explain how sexual orientation has been viewed historically and scientifically.

Difficulty Level: Difficult

Learning Objective: LO 5.2 Explain how sexual orientation has been viewed historically and scientifically.

Difficulty Level: Difficult

Skill Level: Apply

 

8) Explain how sexual orientation was viewed in Florence in the fifteenth century.

Page Ref: 149

Learning Objective: LO 5.2 Explain how sexual orientation has been viewed historically and scientifically.

Difficulty Level: Difficult

Learning Objective: LO 5.2 Explain how sexual orientation has been viewed historically and scientifically.

Difficulty Level: Difficult

Skill Level: Apply

 

9) What has been observed about male–male and female–female sexual behavior among animals?

Page Ref: 150–151

Learning Objective: LO 5.2 Explain how sexual orientation has been viewed historically and scientifically.

Difficulty Level: Moderate

Skill Level: Understand

 

10) Describe the relationship between heredity and sexual orientation, specifically among twins.

Page Ref: 152–153

Learning Objective: LO 5.2 Explain how sexual orientation has been viewed historically and scientifically.

Difficulty Level: Moderate

Skill Level: Understand

 

11) Describe how exposure to male sex hormones influences female embryos and fetuses.

Page Ref: 154

Learning Objective: LO 5.2 Explain how sexual orientation has been viewed historically and scientifically.

Difficulty Level: Easy

Skill Level: Remember

 

12) Explain Sigmund Freud’s view on sexual orientation.

Page Ref: 156-157

Learning Objective: LO 5.2 Explain how sexual orientation has been viewed historically and scientifically.

Difficulty Level: Easy

Skill Level: Remember

 

13) Describe gender nonconformity.

Page Ref: 157-158

Learning Objective: LO 5.2 Explain how sexual orientation has been viewed historically and scientifically.

Difficulty Level: Easy

Skill Level: Remember

 

14) What do the terms butch and femme mean? How do they vary in personality?

Page Ref: 158

Learning Objective: LO 5.3 Discuss contemporary U.S. attitudes toward homosexuality.

Difficulty Level: Easy

Skill Level: Remember

 

15) List some of the landmark legal decisions that have been made regarding same-sex marriage.

Page Ref: 159

Learning Objective: LO 5.3 Discuss contemporary U.S. attitudes toward homosexuality.

Difficulty Level: Easy

Skill Level: Remember

 

16) Describe homophobia and the forms it can take.

Page Ref: 164

Learning Objective: LO 5.4 Discuss the psychological adjustment of lesbians and gay males.

Difficulty Level: Moderate

Skill Level: Understand

 

17) Describe the two-pronged process of coming out.

Page Ref: 166

Learning Objective: LO 5.5 Describe concerns about and processes of “coming out.”

Difficulty Level: Moderate

Skill Level: Understand

 

18) List the four steps or features involved in coming out to oneself.

Learning Objective: LO 5.5 Describe concerns about and processes of “coming out.”

Difficulty Level: Moderate

Skill Level: Understand

 

19) Explain what DOMA is. What are some of the legal rulings that DOMA has gone through.

Page Ref: 168

Learning Objective: LO 5.6 Discuss the status of same-sex marriage in the United States, including changing attitudes toward same-sex marriage.

Difficulty Level: Moderate

Skill Level: Understand

 

20) Describe the changing attitudes toward same-sex marriage compared to a generation ago.

Page Ref: 170

Learning Objective: LO 5.6 Discuss the status of same-sex marriage in the United States, including changing attitudes toward same-sex marriage.

Difficulty Level: Moderate

Skill Level: Understand

 

5.4 Essay

 

1) Describe the Kinsey Continuum. How is the scale broken up and how many people fall in one side, or the other, or in the middle of the continuum?

Page Ref: 143

Learning Objective: LO 5.1 Describe the various sexual orientations and discuss controversies in defining them.

Difficulty Level: Moderate

Skill Level: Understand

 

2) Describe the Gallup Tracking Survey in detail.

Page Ref: 144–145

Learning Objective: LO 5.1 Describe the various sexual orientations and discuss controversies in defining them.

Difficulty Level: Moderate

Skill Level: Understand

 

3) Describe the National Health Statistics Reports in detail.

Page Ref: 145–146

Learning Objective: LO 5.1 Describe the various sexual orientations and discuss controversies in defining them.

Difficulty Level: Moderate

Skill Level: Understand

 

4) Describe the Yougov survey in detail.

Page Ref: 146

Learning Objective: LO 5.1 Describe the various sexual orientations and discuss controversies in defining them.

Difficulty Level: Moderate

Skill Level: Understand

 

5) Describe erotic plasticity and the findings of Chivers and Bailey.

Page Ref: 147–148

Learning Objective: LO 5.1 Describe the various sexual orientations and discuss controversies in defining them.

Difficulty Level: Moderate

Skill Level: Understand

 

6) Describe the historical perspectives of sexual relationships in this chapter, including in Greece, Rome, Florence, and among Christians.

Page Ref: 149–150

Learning Objective: LO 5.1 Describe the various sexual orientations and discuss controversies in defining them.

Difficulty Level: Easy

Skill Level: Remember

 

7) Describe the relationship of ethnicity and sexual orientation.

Page Ref: 151

Learning Objective: LO 5.2 Explain how sexual orientation has been viewed historically and scientifically.

Difficulty Level: Moderate

Skill Level: Understand

 

8) Discuss the influence that hormones have on sexual orientation.

Page Ref: 154

Learning Objective: LO 5.2 Explain how sexual orientation has been viewed historically and scientifically.

Difficulty Level: Moderate

Skill Level: Understand

 

9) Describe the differences in the brain among heterosexuals, gay men, and lesbians.

Page Ref: 154-155

Learning Objective: LO 5.2 Explain how sexual orientation has been viewed historically and scientifically.

Difficulty Level: Difficult

Skill Level: Apply

 

10) Discuss the psychoanalytic views of Freud in sexual orientation.

Page Ref: 156–157

Learning Objective: LO 5.3 Discuss contemporary U.S. attitudes toward homosexuality.

Difficulty Level: Moderate

Skill Level: Understand

 

11) Describe the historic effects of gay activism.

Page Ref: 159–160

Learning Objective: LO 5.3 Discuss contemporary U.S. attitudes toward homosexuality.

Difficulty Level: Moderate

Skill Level: Understand

 

12) Discuss the psychological adjustment of lesbians and gay males.

Page Ref: 162

Learning Objective: LO 5.4 Discuss the psychological adjustment of lesbians and gay males.

Difficulty Level: Moderate

Skill Level: Understand

 

13) Define homophobia and provide examples of the forms that homophobia might take.

Page Ref: 164

Learning Objective: LO 5.4 Discuss the psychological adjustment of lesbians and gay males.

Difficulty Level: Difficult

Skill Level: Apply

 

14) Explain the process of “coming out” and some of the concerns one might have about doing so.

Page Ref: 166-168

Learning Objective: LO 5.5 Describe concerns about and processes of “coming out.”

Difficulty Level: Difficult

Skill Level: Apply

 

15) Discuss the status of same-sex marriage in the United States, including changing attitudes toward same-sex marriage.

Page Ref: 168-171

Learning Objective: LO 5.6 Discuss the status of same-sex marriage in the United States, including changing attitudes toward same-sex marriage.

Difficulty Level: Moderate

Skill Level: Understand