A. External sensory stimuli and organism’s internal state
B. Pre-optic area and estrogen
C. Interpersonal attraction and financial stability
D. Intelligence and physical attractiveness
Related Mcqs:
- The brain structure that plays a critical role in ‘motivated’ behaviors such as eating and sexual activity is the ___________?
A. cerebral cortex
B. amygdala
C. corpus collosum
D. hypothalamus - Which, if any, of the factors below has probably NOT influenced human sexual behavior in evolution?
A. Women might choose a partner likely to provide reliability and stability
B. Women might be attracted to men who are successful and powerful
C. Men might guard the partner from the attentions of other men
D. None of the above-all are true - Which of the following are actual factors confirming the involvement of the preoptic area in the control of male sexual behavior?
A. Lesions of the preoptic area can elicit copulatory activity
B. Electrical stimulation of the preoptic area can permanently abolish male sexual behavior
C. Neuronal and metabolic activity is induced the preoptic area during copulation
D. Small implants of the female hormone estrogen into the preoptic area restore sexual behavior is castrated rats - Sexual fantasy is accepted as a driving force in sexual offending. Which of the following raises over this assumed simple link between fantasy and offending?
A. Sexual offences are often non- consummatory
B. When treatment is mainly directed at reducing fantastic recidivism actually increases
C. Unacceptable themes are found in the fantasy of ‘normal’ individuals but they don’t have to be acted upon in order to have erotic effects
D. All of the above - The capacity of the brain area to take over the function of another damaged brain area is known as brain _______________?
A. regeneration
B. accommodation
C. aphasia
D. plasticity - The capacity of one brain area to take over the functions of another damaged brain area is known as brain:
A. tomography
B. hemispherectomy
C. phrenology
D. plasticity - Behavior that is altered by external stimuli or rewards is motivated by:
A. Punishers
B. Reinforces
C. Shaping
D. Incentives - Which of the following has not been found in research on gender differences in sexual interest?
A. Men think about sex more than women
B. Men initiate sex more than women
C. Women are more interested in having many partners than men are
D. Women are less interested in uncommitted sex - What factor determines the sexual behavior of most species?
A. Emotions
B. Availability
C. Hormones
D. Thinking - According to sociobiological explanations from sexual behavior, women seek out partners who will provide the most______.
A. DNA
B. Sex
C. Parental investment
D. Sexual investment
