Name:__Hollie Nealis_________

Human Sexuality—C. 1 Sexuality in Perspective (Worth 34 points) and C. 2 Theoretical Perspective in

Sexuality (Worth 34 points) and C. 3 Sex Research (Worth 11 Points)—Assignment (bold & italicize your
answers, if not -4) Submit your “Scholarly” answers on this form and resubmit on Blackboard. Worth 79
points total

Chapter 1
Chapter 1, Section A
Handout 1A: Personal Reflections on Learning
Directions: Throughout our lives, we learn about sexuality from many different Agents of Socialization,
including family, friends, the media, schools, religion, and more. Explain 2 things that you have learned from
each of the Agents of Socialization listed below. (Worth 14 points)

1. Family
a. You can become pregnant after just one time of having sex without protection.
b. Pregnancy does not always occur after having unprotected sex, there can and might be some
bumps in the road.

2. Friends
a. Do not be ashamed of your sexuality. If you are gay, a lesbian, bisexual, etc., be who you are
and be proud to admit how you feel.
b. When you are about to have sex, make sure to ask yourself if you feel you are ready for it and
truly want to have it

3. Media
a. If you are in a digital relationship, make sure you know for sure the person you are talking to
is actually the person they say they are.
b. Many creative ways to show your love and compassion for another person.

4. School
a. Once you have your period for the first time, you are eligible to get pregnant.
b. The number of times you have sex, does not determine the number of children you have.

5. Religion
a. Incubi and succubi are spiritual creatures that Christians believed nocturnal emissions or “wet
dreams” came from.
b. Christians believe that sexuality has an essential purpose in our lives, it is a persuasion from
God
6. Laws and government
a. Title 9, law making it illegal for any sex discrimination in educational establishments
b. American law that being LGBTQ is legal

7. Personal experience
a. Everyone’s menstrual cycle starts at different points in a girls life, you could have medical
reasoning for not starting and being put on medication to make you start.
b. Peoples signs, side effects, and reactions to their menstrual cycle are all different

Chapter 1, Section B—Are you sexually literate? (Worth 20 points)

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Directions: You are to answer the questions either True or False.

1. False Anal sex can make you pregnant.

2. False Humans are the only species that have sexual pleasure and orgasms.
3. True In some cultures, extramarital relationships are considered positive.
4. False You can become gay if you have close contact with gays.
5. False Too much sexual pleasure can make you mentally lazy.
6. True Kissing does not spread AIDS.
7. True In some cultures, women may have multiple husbands at the same time.
8. True In some countries, sexuality is becoming a human right in the 21st century.
9. False Religious people don’t have fun in their sex lives.
10. False Homosexuality is legal in all countries.
11. False Condoms cannot prevent the spread of sexually transmitted infections.
12. False You can deliver a baby through your navel if really necessary.
13. True You can have good sex if you learn how to enjoy your sexual fantasies.
14. False One of the keys to a healthy life is to have a happy relationship.
15. True Masturbation started as a disease but is used as therapy for some people.
16. False Until sometime in the 20th century, being fat was considered sexually attractive in women and men.
17. False People are having children and getting married younger than ever in the United States.
18. True Science has proved there is a gay brain.
19. False It is always better to live together before you get married, to see if it works.
20. True In some cultures, a woman’s crushed foot is considered intensely sexually attractive.

Chapter 2 –
Chapter 2 Section A—Handout 2A: Personal Reflections on Sexual Learning
Directions: You are to answer each question. (Worth 12 points)

1. What is your first memory of learning about sexuality? (Worth 1 point)—My first memory of learning
about sexuality is what homosexual people are, Lesbians and Gays, people who are attracted to the same
gender as themselves. Not only that, but homosexual people are often more accepted with their choice
when they younger, but not when they are adults.

a. How might these first experiences have affected your behavior or thinking about sexuality now?
(Worth 1 point)—Learning about homosexual people is another thing that has influenced me
to not judge people. Everyone has their own likings and that is their right to choose who they
want to feel for.

2. What sort of modeling have your parents provided? (Worth 1 point)--

a. Has their relationship(s) affected how you view love, marriage, or monogamy? Explain as to
how or how not. (Worth 1 point)—My parents relationship has affected my view of love as
hard, complicated, and will not always turn out the way we hope or expect it to. My mom and
dad are divorced, both got remarried, but dad got divorced a second time. Dads previous

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 relationships shows me how difficult love can be. But the fact that mom found another person
to share her life with and has been for almost 16 years, expresses to me that it is possible to
find the right person for your life.

3. Describe your first sexual interaction. After your first sexual interaction, how did you feel about yourself?
(Worth 1 point)—I have not had my first sexual interaction yet.

a. Your sexuality? (Worth 1 point)-- Heterosexual

b. Did you seek out more? (Worth 1 point)-- Unsure

c. Why or why not? Explain (Worth 1 point)-- Unsure

4. What are your strongest beliefs about sexuality? (Worth 1 point)— Everyone has a say in whether they
are ready or not and would like to have sex. Therefore, no one should be forced by anyone to have sex if
they feel they are not ready or do not want to do so.

a. What is the source of these beliefs? (Worth 1 point)—previous heard events

b. What evidence comes to mind to justify these beliefs? (Worth 1 point)—Multiple people have
been raped or have had children they do or did not want

c. What is the source of this evidence? (Worth 1 point)—the news, children who have been put up
for adoption, previous events

Chapter 2 Section B—Handout 2B: Vocabulary Quiz

Directions: You are to highlight your answer. (Worth 10 points)

1. Sociobiology is the study of how bodies are True False

socially constructed.
2. Evolutionary psychology is the study of True False
psychological mechanisms that have
emerged out of evolution.
3. Psychoanalytic theory assumes that we are True False
not conscious of all our motivations.
4. According to Freud, the ego is the part of the True False
personality that contains the libido.
5. Classical conditioning involves a process of True False
changing the frequency of a behavior by
following it with reinforcement or
punishment.

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 6. Self-efficacy is a sense of competence at True False
performing an activity.
7. A schema is a script for an activity. True False
8. The sociological approach emphasizes the True False
impact of institutions.
9. A cognitive theorist would argue that it is True False
important to study people’s thoughts.
10. Operant conditioning emphasizes the True False
importance of imitation and identification.

Chapter 2 Section C—Handout 2C: Theoretical Perspectives on Sexual Variations

Directions: For each of the following sexual variations, apply principles from the text to explain how it might
develop. (Worth 12 Points)

A. Fetishism
1. Classical conditioning explanation: When a person sees another person in lingerie, they are encouraged
to think about or have sex.

2. Psychoanalytic explanation: Of the three major parts of the personality, when a someone’s sexual
fixation reaches id part of their personality, the sexual pleasure principle has been “turned on”.

B. Transvestism
1. Operant conditioning explanation: A person is dressing in clothes of the opposite sex, is seen doing so by
their spouse, they are punished.

2. Psychoanalytic explanation: When a person dresses in the opposite gender clothes, their id begins to
bring pleasure to themselves.

C. Exhibitionism
1. Observational learning explanation: Someone, more often men, exposes their genitals to a person that has
not agreed to see that part of the other person.

2. Psychoanalytic explanation: When someone is showing another person their private parts, when they are
not wanted to be seen, that person’s superego is failing to make good decisions.

D. Sadism
1. Observational learning explanation: When a person the enjoys the physical or psychological suffering of
another person

2. Classical conditioning explanation: If someone has been around another person who enjoys the misery of
them, any time they see that person, they are brought joy due to that other persons previous desolation.

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 E. Masochism
1. Classical conditioning explanation: A person is experience sexual encouragement when they are
suffering, humiliated, or even getting beaten up.

2. Psychoanalytic explanation: The ego of a person is going through misery, and because of that, the id
portion of that person’s personality is trying to get them to be happier by encouraging them to
experience sexual actions

F. Voyeurism
1. Operant conditioning explanation: When a person is nude or underdressed, they feel the need to have
sexual excitement.

2. Observational learning explanation: If someone sees another person nude, underdressed, or having sex,
they get the need to have or want to have sex themselves.

Chapter 3 –
Chapter 3, Section A—Handout 3A: Methods of Inquiry
Directions: Different questions lead us to use different methods of inquiry. For each of the following questions,
decide if science can answer the question and, if so, which methodology is best equipped to answer. A handout
has been provided (Choosing Appropriate Research Methodologies) within this assignment folder, along with the
text, to also assist you with this section. (Worth 11 points)

1. Does drinking alcohol affect sexual functioning?

Yes, qualitative methodology

2. What percentage of college students have one-night stands?

No

3. Does sex education increase condom use?

Yes, quantitative

4. Should kids be allowed to watch R-rated movies?

No

5. What have scientific studies concluded about the effects of pornography on men who view it?
Yes, qualitative methodology

6. Do men have multiple orgasms?

Yes, quantitative methodology

7. Is abortion wrong?
Yes, quantitative methodology
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 8. How many people believe that premarital sex is morally wrong?
Yes, quantitative methodology

9. How do people flirt?

No

10. Do R-rated movies have a lot of violent sex?

Yes, qualitative methodology

11. Should I have premarital sex?

No

Answers—Chapter 1, Section B—Are you sexually literate?

You will be given the answers to these questions later in Blackboard under this assignment folder for you to self-
check.