Psyc 375 Exam 3 Questions with Complete Solutions 100% Verified Correct Answers Sexual Fluidity - Correct Answer Degree to which sexual beliefs & behaviors can be shaped by cultural, social, and situational factors What gender's sexuality is more fluid? (and 2 pieces of evidence) - Correct Answer -Women's
- Individual women exhibit more variation than men in sexual behavior over time
- Sociocultural factors influence women's sexuality more than men's sexuality
Fluidity: sociocultural influence (example) - Correct Answer • Education effect greater for women than men (i.e., the more education, the more likely to be gay/lesbian) Fluidity - Correct Answer -Love ≠ sexual desire, biologically or psychologically -They are independent but bidirectional • Attracted to a particular gender, but can fall "in love" with people of another gender (that you would not expect) • Love can lead people to feel desire • Especially women
• Common social schema: Men and women differ in opinion of what comes first.
• Women: Love--> Sexual Attraction
• Men: Sexual Attraction--> Love
Hormones and sexual behaviour: - Correct Answer Testosterone: drops off after ovulation
Estrogen: Peaks at ovulation and drops off after
Progesterone: increases after ovulation
Desire: decreases after ovulation (inverse to progesterone)
-Increases in estrogen--> increase in sexual behaviour; occurs when approaching ovulation Partner-specific experience - Correct Answer -learning a partner's likes and dislikes -Satisfaction will increase linearly with the number of times a couple is together 1 / 3
Graph:Most likely to orgasm during a sexual event in a relationship >6months; compared to hookup conditions Predictors of straight women's sexual satisfaction - Correct Answer • Gender inequality • Women's pleasure is not acceptable during hookup-sex, but women's pleasure is acceptable during relationship-sex • Partners will focus more on women's pleasure in relationship-sex than in hook-up sex Why do straight women experience more satisfaction from relationship-sex?Technical perspective - Correct Answer • Satisfaction comes from "good" technique • Orgasm increased women's satisfaction 5x to 6x • People engaging in relationship-sex are more likely to use effective stimulation techniques Why do straight women experience more satisfaction from relationship-sex? - Correct Answer •Both partners focus more on women's pleasure during relationship-sex than hookup sex •Focus on women's pleasure increased the use of sexual techniques that please women •So, women are more satisfied from relationship- sex than hookup-sex •Only true for heteronormative relationships!Why are humans the animal with the weirdest sex life? - Correct Answer • Sex not limited to fertile periods ("sexiest primate") (increases rewards) • Long-term nature, having sex repeatedly and exclusively with one other • Sex partners also partners in child-rearing • No external signs of estrus (reduces rewards of straying) Evolution of human's strange sexuality - Correct Answer (1) Successful human mating involves more than fertilization • Selection favoured couples who stayed together long enough for child to be weaned • +/- 3 years ancestrally 2 / 3
(2) • "Sexual attraction is what brings two adults together, and sex is what holds them together long enough for an emotional bond--a psychological tether--to form" How does sex lead to a psychological tether? - Correct Answer -physical contact and attachment formed through ventral to ventral contact (face to face) • Sex workers' rules against fact-to-face contact • Gay men in open relationships reserved kissing and cuddling for primary partner • "Swinging" heterosexuals' rules against affection and repeated sex with the same person Why is the frequency of sex and relationship satisfaction positively correlated? - Correct Answer • General relationship satisfaction correlated with sexual satisfaction, which is correlated with frequency • Good sex is a reward = better outcomes in relationship • Happy couples have better sex, and better sex predicts more frequent sex (circular pattern) Sexual satisfaction and marriage - Correct Answer -Marital satisfaction strongly correlated with quality and frequency of sex
-Most common presenting problem at sex therapy clinics: Lack of sexual desire
• Sexual desire: the need, drive, or motivation to engage in sexual activities
Frequency and satisfaction decline with length of relationship:
Why? - Correct Answer • In straight couples: Men's desire stays constant, but women's desire declines sharply after 1 year (...sexual fluidity again? Bad relationships influence women's desire) How to maintain desire and satisfaction? - Correct Answer • Approach goals: Pursuit of positive and rewarding relationship experiences • Sexual desire means enjoying and anticipating positive and rewarding sexual experiences • High approach goals--> More sexual desire Approach Goals and Sexual Desire - Correct Answer • Approach goals linked to rewards • More rewards can increase approach goals
• So, if desire is low:
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