Abnormal Psychology (Chapter 11)

Transvestic Disorder

A man with ________ has an uncontrollable craving to dress as a woman in order to derive sexual gratification.

Premature (early) ejaculation

A sexual dysfunction in which a man reaches orgasm well before he wishes to, perhaps even prior to penetration, is called _________________.

Sensate Focus

Amy and Mark are being treated for a sexual dysfunction and their therapist is urging them to take turns stimulating each other in nonsexual ways for a few weeks. Their therapist is using which of the following methods?

Voyeuristic

Cal frequently sets up his telescope in a darkened room on the second floor of his home to watch the couple across the street make love in their bedroom. If this is the only way Cal can achieve sexual arousal, it is likely that Cal suffers from ________ disorder.

Frotteuristic

In ________ disorder, the individual has intense sexual urges and sexually arousing fantasies of rubbing against or fondling an unsuspecting stranger.

Voyeuristic Disorder

In which paraphilia does the individual have a compulsion to derive sexual gratification from observing nudity or the sexual activity of others?

Transvestic Disorder

Jeff has a compulsive desire to wear women's clothes. He is able to achieve sexual arousal only when he cross-dresses. This is an example of __________________.

Object

People with fetishistic disorder are sexually aroused by a(n) ___________.

Consenting Adults

Researchers and advocates within the field of sexual sadism disorder and sexual masochism disorder are critical of including these disorders in the DSM at all, arguing instead that they do not share the qualities of the other paraphilias because they involve?

Failing to take into account individual variations in women's sexual experiences

The DSM section on sexual disorders has been criticized for?

Paraphilic disorder that is staged according to the severity of the individual's symptoms

The World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry has proposed guidelines for the treatment of people with?

135,000

The number of children estimated to experience sexual abuse per year in the United States is estimated to be around?

Clinicians can let their clients create their own gender identities

What is the most common approach used by clinicians to treat individuals with gender dysphoria?

Gender Dysphoria

Which disorder is characterized by a discrepancy between an individual's assigned sex and his or her gender identity?

Frequent Exercise

Which of the following is not associated with the development of sexual disorders?

The biological perspective emphasizes altered genetic, hormonal, and sensory factors in paraphilic disorders

Which of the following statement about the biological perspective on paraphilic disorders is true?

Masters and Johnson identified four phases of the sexual response cycle-excitement, plateau, orgasm, and resolution.

Which of the following statement is true about sexual dysfunction?

Fetishistic behavior can include consenting partners

Which of the following statements about fetishistic disorder is true?

Many identities fall under the category of "transgender," including gender non-conforming, non-binary nonconforming, nonbinary, and agender

Which of the following statements about transgender is true?

Sexual Behavior

William Masters and Virginia Johnson were the first researchers to study ________ in the laboratory.