Chapter 15 - Lectures

Question 1

Does infrequent and deviant mean the same thing?

Answer 1

No

Question 2

What is normal sexual behavior?

Answer 2

Any behaviour that does not cause harm to any person.

Question 3

What two Greek words are found in the word “paraphilia”

Answer 3

Deviation and love

Question 4

How would you diagnose someone with a paraphilic disorder?

Answer 4

Using the DSM. Criterion A describes the paraphilias and criterion B specifies the negative consequences of such a behavior. Criterion A and B must exist together to diagnose.

Question 5

What two main categories can paraphilias be divided into?

Answer 5

Paraphilias with consenting partners and paraphilia disorders with nonconsenting partners and which are against the law.

Question 6

Fetishistic Disorder

Answer 6

Persistent and repetitive use and dependence on nonliving objects or a specific body part. Must cause significant personal distress to classify as a disorder.

Question 7

Transvestic disorder

Answer 7

Individuals who find cross-dressing sexually arousing under emotionally distressed by this pattern.

Question 8

What population is usually diagnosed with transvestic disorder?

Answer 8

Men who are usually well educated and married.

Question 9

BDSM

Answer 9

Bondage, discipline, domination and submission

Question 10

Sexual sadism disorder

Answer 10

Santos get pleasure from inflicting pain and suffering on others. To be classified as a disorder, person has to reflect his behaviour on nonconsenting persons or be personally troubled by their urges and fantasies.

Question 11

Sexual masochism disorder

Answer 11

Intense arousal from being made to suffer, being beaten and humiliated. To be classified as a disorder, the sexual urges must cause significant personal impairment or distress.

Question 12

Hypersexuality

Answer 12

And excessive Sextro that leads people to continually pursue sexual encounters despite negative repercussions. Currently no DSM diagnosis.

Question 13

Courtship disorders

Answer 13

Disturbance of one or more phases of developing partner to sexual activity. Individuals lack the proper social skills to approach sex in a consenting manner.

Question 14

What are the five courtship disorders?

Answer 14

Voyeuristic disorder, exhibitionistic disorder, telephone scatologia, frotteuristic disorder, and biastophilia.

Question 15

Voyeuristic disorder

Answer 15

Intense sexual arousal from observing an unsuspecting person who is naked. There is a high number of voyeurs in the clinical and the general population. Necessary part of a voyeur’s satisfaction comes from seeing the forbidden and the fear of getting caught.

Question 16

Exhibitionistic Disorder

Answer 16

Intense arousal from exposing your genitals to an unsuspecting person. It is the victim’s reaction that excites the flasher. More common in men than women.

Question 17

Telephone Scatologia

Answer 17

Person gets excited by making sexually explicit phone call and masturbating while making the call or afterwards.

Question 18

Frotteuristic Disorder

Answer 18

Fantasizing about or engaging in
rubbing up against a non-consenting
person for sexual pleasure.

Question 19

Biastophilia

Answer 19

Erotic interest in committing rape.

Question 20

Do all rapist have biastophilia.

Answer 20

No.

Question 21

Has everyone with biastophilia committed rape?

Answer 21

No.

Question 22

Pedophilic Disorder

Answer 22

Sexual interest in children who are below the age of puberty

Question 23

What are three types of Pedophilic Disorder?

Answer 23

Classic Type (prepubescent children).
Hebephilic Type (pubescent children).
Pedohebephilic Type (both).

Question 24

Pedophiles have a greater preference for girls or boys?

Answer 24

Boys.

Question 25

Pedophiles in forensic samples have a preference for girls or boy?

Answer 25

Girls.

Question 26

Psychoanalytic Theories for why paraphilias develop

Answer 26

Paraphilias thought to arise from castration
anxiety. Sexual abuse and early trauma may
explain courtship disorders.

Question 27

Behavioural Theories for why paraphilias develop

Answer 27

Paraphilias occur through classical conditioning. Sexual arousal occurs with the paraphilic object and sexual arousal is accidently associated with it.

Question 28

What percent of pedophiles were abused as children?

Answer 28

35%

Question 29

When a pedophile says “the child seduced me,” that is an example of a…

Answer 29

cognitive distortion

Question 30

What is included in an assessment of a paraphilic disorder?

Answer 30

An interview which includes taking a history of family background, education, health, and sexual and personal relationships. May include intelligence testing, personality
inventories, and mental health diagnostics.

Question 31

What is included in a criminal assessment of a paraphilic disorder.

Answer 31

Same as a regular paraphilic disorder plus a penile plethysmography (PPG) to assess paraphilic interest
in children.

Question 32

What are 3 types of treatment for paraphilic disorders?

Answer 32

CBT and Relapse Prevention, Self-Esteem and Social-Skills Training, and Satiation Therapy.

Question 33

CBT and Relapse Prevention for Paraphilic Disorders includes…

Answer 33

Challenging offenders distorted thinking, making offenders disclose the offense to the group, and making a safety plan to avoid risks.

Question 34

Self-Esteem and Social-Skills Training for paraphilic disorders includes…

Answer 34

Development of healthy social skills, mood management, etc.

Question 35

Satiation Therapy for paraphilic disorders includes…

Answer 35

Redirecting sexual impulses to a more desirable target through masturbation, then masturbating again to the undesired fantasy.

Question 36

What are neurological findings about pedophiles?

Answer 36

Lower IQs