Quiz #8 Ch 8

Which of the following is true of pheromones and sexual activity in humans?

A) Research shows that pheromones can activate a region of the hypothalamus as well as the amygdala in humans.

B) Pheromones can activate a sexual response in men but show no effect on testosterone levels.

C) Humans do not secrete pheromones but can be affected by pheromones.

D) Removal of a region called the vomeronasal organ (VNO) dramatically reduces men’s sexual behavior.

A) Research shows that pheromones can activate a region of the hypothalamus as well as the amygdala in humans.

According to the dual control model of sexual response,

A) people who are low on the excitation component of sexual response and high on inhibition are more likely to engage in high-risk sexual behavior.

B) tendencies toward sexual excitation and sexual inhibition are purely biological in nature and do not vary across people.

C) people who are low on the inhibition component of sexual response and high on excitement are more likely to develop sexual disorders.

D) early learning and culture are critical factors because they determine the stimuli that lead to sexual excitement or sexual inhibition in an individual.

D) early learning and culture are critical factors because they determine the stimuli that lead to sexual excitement or sexual inhibition in an individual.

Which of the following is true of the resolution phase of the sexual response cycle?

A) It is a reversal of the processes that build up during the excitement stage.

B) It is characterized by a state of tumescence in men that does not dissipate easily.

C) It lasts longer for women who have orgasmed than for women who have not.

D) It is the sustained period of excitement that occurs just before a man orgasms.

A) It is a reversal of the processes that build up during the excitement stage.

Which of the following is true of Kaplan's triphasic model of sexual response?

A) It is useful in understanding the disorders of sexual desire.

B) It conclusively validates the research of Masters and Johnson.

C) It does not consider the psychological components of sexual arousal.

D) It proposes that women, unlike men, experience a refractory period

A) It is useful in understanding the disorders of sexual desire.

Which of the following is true of orgasm in female bodies?

A) It can be achieved more quickly than the male orgasm.

B) It occurs only during a woman's refractory period.

C) It does not always leave tangible evidence of its occurrence.

D) It is of two types: uterine and ovarian.

C) It does not always leave tangible evidence of its occurrence.

Which of the following is true of nipple erection during sexual response?

A) It is experienced only by women.

B) It occurs only during the refractory period.

C) The stiffening is the result of detumescence.

D) It is experienced by both men and women.

D) It is experienced by both men and women.

Which of the following is true of pheromones?

A) People's brain responses to pheromones differ according to their sexual orientation.

B) The vomeronasal organ (VNO), which helps detect pheromones, is absent in women.

C) Pheromones are secreted by the endocrine glands and released into the bloodstream.

D) Pheromones need to be consciously perceived in order to be effective.

A) People's brain responses to pheromones differ according to their sexual orientation.

Mark often experiences a dry orgasm. He most likely has a condition known as ______ ejaculation.

A) premature

B) refractive

C) delayed

D) retrograde

D) retrograde

Which of the following is a shortcoming of the sexual response models of Masters and Johnson and of Kaplan and the dual control model?

A) All of them focus exclusively on the sexual response of men and not women.

B) None of them document and analyze the importance of emotion in sexual arousal.

C) None of them take the physiological component of sexual response into account.

D) All of them focus exclusively on the psychological component of sexual response.

B) None of them document and analyze the importance of emotion in sexual arousal.

Research shows that men who, as the result of an accident, have had their spinal cords completely severed at a level above that of the erection reflex center

A) are never able to ejaculate again.

B) are still capable of having erections.

C) are able to feel orgasms as they normally would.

D) cannot respond to tactile stimulation of the genitals.

B) are still capable of having erections.

Which of the following is true of the refractory period?

A) It is a period during which men cannot be sexually aroused.

B) It is experienced more frequently by women than men.

C) It tends to last longer in younger men than in older men.

D) It is the period during which men have the most orgasms.

A) It is a period during which men cannot be sexually aroused.

Research has found which of the following to be true of the presence of testosterone in men?

A) Men who have been administered testosterone report suppressed male sexual behavior.

B) Levels of testosterone are not correlated with sexual behavior in boys around puberty.

C) Testosterone, whether withheld or increased, has no effect on libido in men.

D) Testosterone seems to have an activating effect in maintaining sexual desire in men.

D) Testosterone seems to have an activating effect in maintaining sexual desire in men.

Which of the following is true of the "ballooning" response of the vagina?

A) It occurs after the woman has climaxed.

B) It occurs in the lower one-third of the vagina.

C) It helps accommodate the entrance of the penis.

D) It causes the cervix and the uterus to be pushed down.

C) It helps accommodate the entrance of the penis.

Which of the following was a shortcoming of Masters and Johnson's model of sexual response?

A) It did not study the physiological aspects of sexual response.

B) It did not study people with strong sex drives.

C) It did not consider the possibility of multiple orgasms in men.

D) It claims the research to be universal, but it is not.

D) It claims the research to be universal, but it is not.

For an erection to occur,

A) the arteries supplying the corpus spongiosum with blood should constrict.

B) the arteries supplying the corpora cavernosa with blood need to dilate.

C) the veins carrying blood away from the penis need to dilate.

D) the body's dopamine receptors need to be shut down temporarily.

B) the arteries supplying the corpora cavernosa with blood need to dilate.

Tactile stimulation of the penis produces a neural signal that is transmitted to an erection reflex center in the spinal cord. Which of the following types of neurons are responsible for the transmission of this signal?

A) receptors

B) effectors

C) refractors

D) interceptors

A) receptors

Which of the following is true of ejaculation?

A) Men with spinal cord injuries can never ejaculate again.

B) Only the sympathetic division of the nervous system is involved in ejaculation.

C) Only the parasympathetic division of the nervous system is involved in ejaculation.

D) Ejaculations can often be controlled voluntarily.

D) Ejaculations can often be controlled voluntarily.

The second stage of detumescence occurs as a result of the

A) swelling of the corpora cavernosa.

B) dilation of the arteries supplying the penis.

C) expansion of the orgasmic platform.

D) slow emptying of the corpus spongiosum and the glans.

A) swelling of the corpora cavernosa?

Which of the following is a particular strength of Kaplan's triphasic model of sexual response?

A) The parasympathetic division of the autonomic nervous system controls both vaginal lubrication and the orgasm of women.

B) The sympathetic division of the autonomic nervous system controls both ejaculation and vasocongestion in men.

C) The desire for sexual fulfillment is one of the primary needs identified for humans and is physical, not psychological, in nature.

D) The two physiological components, vasocongestion and muscle contractions, are controlled by different parts of the autonomic nervous system.

D) The two physiological components, vasocongestion and muscle contractions, are controlled by different parts of the autonomic nervous system.

As compared to rat sexual behavior, human sexual behavior is

A) less under neural control.

B) controlled less by the brain.

C) influenced less by learning from past experiences.

D) less under hormonal control.

D) less under hormonal control.