ch.14 Flashcards
pathological
any behavior seen as caused by sickness/disease
hypersexual disorder
nonparaphilic sexual compulsivity; and osessive preoccupation with and compulsive need for sexual activity
victimizing paraphilias
unspuspecting nonconsenting/ unwilling person as the target. Voyeurism,exhibitionism, sadism, frotteurism, pedophilia
voyeurism
secretly watching others undress or engage in sexual activities without their knowledge and consent
exhibitionism
achieving sexual arousal and gratification by displaying ones genitals to others without their consent
frotteurism
rubbing one’s genitals against a nonconsenting person for sexual arousal
sexual sadism
inflicting pain injury or humiliation on another person for sexual gratification
sadomasichism B(BDSM)
sexual activities that combine sadism and masochism
pedophilia
uncontrollable sexual compulsions involving prepubescent children
pedophile
adult whose sexual focus is on children
nonvictimizing paraphilias
sexual masochism, autoerotic asphyxiation, fetishism, transvestic fetishism,
autoerotic asphysxiation
form of sexual masochism involving dpriving the brain of oxygen
feish
sexual preference for a nonhuman object or body part that most mebers of a culture do not consider sexual
cross dressing
dressing in clothes associated with the opposite sex
transvestite
a man who obtains sexual satisfaction by wearing female clothing
transvestic fetishism
paraphilia engaged in by a transvestite
incorporation therapy
treatment for paraphilias in which the paraphilic behavior is decreased/ modified to acceptable levels but not completely abolished
Cognitive behavioral therapy
a therapeutic approach designed to gradually eliminate specific thoughts and associated behaviors that may be contributing to sexual problems
aversion therapy
psychotherapy in which unwanted sexual behaviors and images are reduced by associated them with an unpleasent stimulus such as electric shock/ noxious odors
covert sensitization
type of aversion therapy in which instead of shocks or bad odors, the client repeatedly fantasizes the unwanted behavior and adds an extremely adversive event to the fantasy
orgasmic reconditioning
type of therapy in which a person is conditioned to become aroused and have orgasms in socially acceptable settings that bear no resemblance to the paraphilias