Ch. 12 - Sexual Disorders

Question 1

What are persistent disruptions in the ability to experience sexual arousal?

Answer 1

Sexual dysfunctions

Question 2

What are persistent and troubling attractions to unusual sexual activities or objects?

Answer 2

Paraphilia

Question 3

TRUE OR FALSE: Gender shapes sexual disorders in a number of ways.

Answer 3

TRUE.

Question 4

TRUE OR FALSE: Men are much more likely to report symptoms of sexual dysfunction than women, and women are much more likely to report symptoms of paraphilic disorder than men.

Answer 4

FALSE.

It’s the other way around.

Question 5

What finding by Kaplan consists of four phases (desire, excitement, orgasm, resolution)?

Answer 5

The human sexual response cycle.

Question 6

TRUE OR FALSE: Based on measurements from the plethysmographs on both males and females, it is found that biological and subjective excitement are highly correlated for men, but appear to need to be considered separately for women.

Answer 6

TRUE.

Question 7

What are the three categories the DSM-5 divides sexual dysfunctions into?

Answer 7

1. Those involving sexual arousal/desire/interest;
2. Orgasmic disorders;
3. Sexual pain disorders;

Question 8

TRUE OR FALSE: Sexual problems in one person may lead to sexual problems with their partner.

Answer 8

TRUE.

There is potential for co-occurence of diagnoses.

Question 9

TRUE OR FALSE: Sexual concerns that arise from severe relationship distress, such as partner abuse, are considered sexual dysfunctions.

Answer 9

FALSE.

They are not considered sexual dysfunctions. This also goes from lack of sexual activity or desire from depression, or other more prominent or primary diseases.

Question 10

What duration does the DSM-5 specify for something to be a sexual disorder?

Answer 10

6 months.

Question 11

What disorder refers to persistent deficits in sexual interest (fantasies or urges), biological arousal, or subjective arousal?

Answer 11

Female sexual interest/arousal disorder.

Question 12

What disorder refers to deficient or absent sexual fantasies and urges in males?

Answer 12

Male hypoactive sexual desire disorder.

Question 13

What disorder refers to failure to attain or maintain an erection through completion of the sexual activity?

Answer 13

Erectile disorder.

Question 14

What disorder refers to the persistent absence or reduced intensity of orgasm in sexual excitement for women?

Answer 14

Female orgasmic disorder.

Question 15

What disorder is defined by ejaculation that occurs too quickly?

Answer 15

Premature ejaculation.

Question 16

What disorder is defined by persistent difficulty in ejaculating?

Answer 16

Delayed ejaculation disorder.

Question 17

What is defined by persistent or recurrent pain during intercourse?

Answer 17

Genito-pelvic pain/penetration disorder.

Question 18

What does genito-pelvic pain/penetration disorder combine?

Answer 18

Vaginismus (involuntary muscle spasms of the outher third of the vagina that makes intercourse impossible) and dyspareunia (persistent or recurrent pain during sexual intercourse)

Question 19

According to Masters and Johnson (1970), what are the two main causes of human sexual inadequacy?

Answer 19

1. Fears about performance;
2. The adoption of a spectator role

These immediate causes of sexual dysfunctions were hypothesized to have one or more historical antecedents, such as sociocultural influences, biological causes, or sexual traumas.

Question 20

TRUE OR FALE: In making a diagnosis of sexual disorders, the first step is to rule out medical diseases as the cause.

Answer 20

TRUE.

Question 21

What disorder is defined by a reliance on an inanimate object or a nongenital part of the body for sexual arousal?

Answer 21

Fetishistic disorder.

Question 22

TRUE OR FALSE: People with fetishistic disorder often have other paraphilias.

Answer 22

TRUE.

Question 23

What disorder is diagnosed when adults derive sexual gratification through sexual contact with prepubertal or pubescent children?

Answer 23

Pedophilic disorder.

Question 24

TRUE OR FALSE: Pedophilic disorder is diagnosed even when the individual has only fantasies and does not act on them.

Answer 24

FALSE.

Pedophilic disorder is only diagnosed when the adult acts on his or her sexual urges towards children, face interpersonal difficulties as a result of the urges, or are distressed by the urges.

Question 25

What refers to sexual relations between close relatives for whom marriage is forbidden?

Answer 25

Incest.

Question 26

TRUE OR FALSE: Incest is listed as a subtype of pedophilic disorder.

Answer 26

TRUE.

Question 27

Which disorder involves an intense and recurrent desire to obtain sexual gratification by watching unsuspecting others in a state of undress or having sexual relations?

Answer 27

Voyeuristic disorder.

Question 28

What disorder is characterized by a recurrent, intense desire to obtain sexual gratification by exposing one’s genitals to an unwilling stranger, sometimes a child?

Answer 28

Exhibitionistic disorder.

Question 29

What disorder involves the sexually oriented touching of an unsuspecting person?

Answer 29

Frotteuristic disorder.

Question 30

What disorder is defined by an intense and recurrent desire to obtain or increase sexual gratification by inflicting pain or psychological suffering (such as humiliation) on another?

Answer 30

Sexual sadism disorder.

Question 31

What disorder is defined by an intense and recurrent desire to obtain or increase sexual gratification through being subjected to pain or humiliation?

Answer 31

Sexual masochism disorder.