What is a sexual norm? Explain with an example.
What will be an ideal response?
A sexual norm is the standard of sexual behavior expected of people in a particular role, relationship, and situation. Within a particular culture, there can be many different sexual norms for different types of people, such as males versus females, and children versus adults. An example would be the sexual norm governing who can kiss or hold hands in public, who is allowed to date, who is allowed to have premarital sex, and who is forbidden to have sex of any kind.
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Questions generated for sexual research should result in which type of answers?
a. subconscious c. quantitative b. abstract d. qualitative
Studies show that oral and anal sex are more common among non-white teens and those households with a lower socioeconomic-economic status
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Why would encouraging someone to admit they are a sex addict be problematic?
a. An admission of sexual addiction may cause someone to go from one extreme, hypersexual behavior, to the other extreme, hyposexual behavior. b. The concept of sexual addiction may diminish one's capacity to examine why and how they came to feel powerless against their sex addiction and what they can do to overcome their addiction. c. The confirmation of a sexual disorder may cause someone to sink into a deep depression. d. The diagnosis of sexual addiction may cause the sex addict to experience feelings of anxiety when presented with a sexual stimuli as a consequence of feeling powerless against their addiction.
Which of the following best characterizes the sampling done in magazine surveys?
A. Sampling techniques have highly refined over the last decade, resulting in a great deal of valuable data. B. Sampling is based on probability statistics. C. Sampling techniques are always reported quite accurately along with the articles, so a reader knows how the researches were conducted. D. Sampling is generally seriously biased.