Test Bank For Human Sexuality Self, Society And Culture 1st Edition By Gilbert Herdt

Test Bank For Human Sexuality Self, Society And Culture 1st Edition By Gilbert Herdt

CHAPTER 5: SEXUAL PLEASURE, AROUSAL, AND RESPONSE 

True/False Questions

1. Japanese erotic art is considered the world’s oldest sex manual.

Answer: False

Difficulty: Medium

Topic: Pleasure, Culture, and Sexual Well-Being

Blooms: Remember

Heading: Pleasure, Culture, and Sexual Well-Being

2. The human species is distinguished from other species in that we combine sexual activity and interaction with the emotion of love.

Answer: True

Difficulty: Medium

Topic: Pleasure, Culture, and Sexual Well-Being

Blooms: Remember

Heading: Sexual Nature and Sexual Well-Being

3. The main purpose of keeping a sexual journal is to record one’s partner’s sexual thoughts, experiences, and fantasies.

Answer: False

Difficulty: Easy

Topic: Pleasure, Culture, and Sexual Well-Being

Blooms: Remember

Heading: Keeping a Sexual Journal

4. Human sexual motivation can be defined as a simple drive to reproduce.

Answer: False

Difficulty: Easy

Topic: Sexual Arousal and Response

Blooms: Remember

Heading: Sexual Arousal and Response

5. Human motivation to engage in sexual behavior arises from several physiological and psychological factors.

Answer: True

Difficulty: Easy

Topic: Sexual Arousal and Response

Blooms: Remember

Heading: Sexual Arousal and Response

6. Among the five senses, the sense of smell contributes the most to sexual pleasure and arousal.

Answer: False

Difficulty: Medium

Topic: Sexual Arousal and Response

Blooms: Understand

Heading: The Five Senses and Pleasure

6. Due to individual variation in people’s preferences for touch, virtually any other area of the body can be a secondary erogenous zone.

Answer: True

Difficulty: Easy

Topic: Sexual Arousal and Response

Blooms: Remember

Heading: The Five Senses and Pleasure

7. Research indicates that women experience more sexual arousal when watching pornography than men. 

Answer: False

Difficulty: Easy

Topic: Sexual Arousal and Response

Blooms: Remember

Heading: The Five Senses and Pleasure

10. Smells are known to both stimulate and offend with regard to sexual arousal.

Answer: True

Difficulty: Easy

Topic: Sexual Arousal and Response

Blooms: Remember

Heading: The Five Senses and Pleasure

11. The unique capacity to create sexual fantasies contributes to our ability to enjoy sexual pleasure in a way that other animals cannot.

Answer: True

Difficulty: Easy

Topic: Sexual Arousal and Response

Blooms: Remember

Heading: Sexual Excitement and Sexual Fantasy

12. According to the EPOR model, desire is the first phase of sexual response.

Answer: False

Difficulty: Easy

Topic: Sexual Arousal and Response