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Question 1:

Dr Rowe is conducting research on which physical features make humans attracted to one another. Which of the following aspects of her sample is most important for Dr Rowe’s work if she wants her results to generalize to the whole population?
a) Having a large sample
b) Having a random sample
c) Having a general sample
d) Having a convenience sample

Question 2:

What is one advantage of the positive approach to studying sexuality?
a) The positive approach incorporates subjective experience.
b) The positive approach avoids problems of bias.
c) The positivist approach allows a researcher to say whether an experimental manipulation had a quantitative effect on what is being observed.
d) The positive approach is inexpensive.

Question 3:

Tanya scored a 0 on Kinsey’s scale of sexual behaviour. Based on this score, what can you infer about Tanya’s past sexual experience?
a) a) She had more than incidental heterosexual behaviour.
b) b) She had more than incidental homosexual behaviour.
c) c) She had exclusively homosexual behaviour.
d) d) She had exclusively heterosexual behaviour.

Question 4:

Which theorist developed a sexual orientation scale using qualitative and quantitative methods?
a) Freud
b) Masters and Johnson
c) Krafft-Ebing
d) Kinsey

Question 5:

Which of the following is an advantage of an experimental research design?
a) It allows the researcher to observe cause-and-effect relationships.
b) It is easier to develop than most other research designs.
c) It does not rely on quantitative methods.
d) It provides the best description of a phenomenon.

Question 6:

Hannah is a student of Dr Mercier. Hannah is selected as a participant in a study related to what traits a female finds most attractive in a male at different points in her menstrual cycle. Hannah knows that Dr Mercier has found that women who are ovulating tend to prefer more masculine traits, and Hannah knows she is ovulating so, without really examining her true feelings, she intentionally indicates that she prefers masculine traits. What type of bias is Hannah?
a) Sexual bias
b) Memory bias
c) Responder bias
d) Prejudicial bias

Question 7:

Quasi-experimental research designs do NOT involve which of the following?
a) Experiment-like procedures
b) Random assignment
c) Independent variables
d) Dependent variables

Question 8:

Which of the following is a new innovation in sexual research?
a) Participants interviews
b) Anonymous surveys
c) Archival data-mining
d) Psychophysiological methods

Question 9:

What is one advantage of using penile volume plethysmography to study male arousal?
a) The tight-fitting apparatus is preferred by male participants over other methods.
b) It is reliable.
c) It provides information about the size and firmness of the erection.
d) It is the least expensive method available.

Question 10:

10. Women require less mechanical force to perceive touch in which situation?
a) When they are not aroused
b) When they are aroused
c) When they are ovulating
d) When they are not ovulating

Higher Education

Human Sexuality: Chapter 3