In Order to Determine Whether Their New Measure of Asexuality

question 173

Multiple Choice

In order to determine whether their new measure of asexuality was useful over and above already-available measures of sexual orientation,Brotto and Yule compared it to a previously established measure of sexual orientation called the

• A) Sexual Desire Inventory.
• B) Solitary Desire subscale of the Sexual Desire Inventory.
• C) Abernathy Measure of Sexual Orientation.
• D) Klein Scale.

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Definitions:

Sexual Activity

Any behavior that involves sexually arousement or stimulation, including intercourse and other erotic behaviors.

Developmental Stages

Developmental stages refer to the distinct periods in an individual's life during which predictable patterns of growth and behavior are observed, such as infancy, childhood, adolescence, and adulthood.

Libido

A term primarily used in psychoanalytic theory to denote the energy of the sexual drive as a component of the life instinct.

Unconscious

Relates to the part of the mind that is inaccessible to the conscious mind but that affects behavior and emotions.