MULTIPLE CHOICE
1.The current term for society's sanctioned arrangement for sexual relations is:
a.love.
b.monogamy.
c.marriage.
d.heterosexuality.
2.Cox and Demmitt believe that the most important part of human sexuality is:
a.the ability to procreate.
b.biological release.
c.sexual diversity.
d.our thoughts, attitudes, and values.
3.Sexual regulations are enforced through:
a.legal means.
b.taboos, mores, laws, and religious edicts.
c.monogamous relationships.
d.newspaper and media coverage.
4.Sexual behavior is regulated in:
a.a few societies.
b.about one-third of all societies.
c.most societies.
d.all human societies.
5.A cross-cultural view of sexuality demonstrates:
a.almost any arrangement imaginable.
b.similar rules in all societies.
c.strict rules in industrialized societies.
d.unnecessary concern over sex.
6.Human beings regulate sex because their biology has granted them:
a.the ability to have an orgasm.
b.strong instinctive drives.
c.sexual freedom of choice.
d.a social conscience.
7.In lower animals, sexual behavior is controlled by:
a.the front and back of the brain.
b.the lower brain centers and spinal reflexes.
c.the production of flat brain waves.
d.nerve impulses from the inner brain.
8.Human beings have more control over their sexual responses than animals because they have a larger:
a.brain cortex.
b.spinal reflex.
c.nervous system.
d.estrus gland.
9.Human sexuality is based on:
a.instincts.
b.aggression.
c.learning.
d.reflexes.
10.It appears that human females are the only females capable of experiencing:
a.an elongated estrus cycle.
b.regular hormonal changes.
c.reproductive ovulation.
d.intense orgasmic responses.