Chapter 15 - Lectures Flashcards
Does infrequent and deviant mean the same thing?
No
What is normal sexual behavior?
Any behaviour that does not cause harm to any person.
What two Greek words are found in the word “paraphilia”
Deviation and love
How would you diagnose someone with a paraphilic disorder?
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.
What two main categories can paraphilias be divided into?
Paraphilias with consenting partners and paraphilia disorders with nonconsenting partners and which are against the law.
Fetishistic Disorder
Persistent and repetitive use and dependence on nonliving objects or a specific body part. Must cause significant personal distress to classify as a disorder.
Transvestic disorder
Individuals who find cross-dressing sexually arousing under emotionally distressed by this pattern.
What population is usually diagnosed with transvestic disorder?
Men who are usually well educated and married.
BDSM
Bondage, discipline, domination and submission
Sexual sadism disorder
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.
Sexual masochism disorder
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.
Hypersexuality
And excessive Sextro that leads people to continually pursue sexual encounters despite negative repercussions. Currently no DSM diagnosis.
Courtship disorders
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.
What are the five courtship disorders?
Voyeuristic disorder, exhibitionistic disorder, telephone scatologia, frotteuristic disorder, and biastophilia.
Voyeuristic disorder
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.
Exhibitionistic Disorder
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.
Telephone Scatologia
Person gets excited by making sexually explicit phone call and masturbating while making the call or afterwards.
Frotteuristic Disorder
Fantasizing about or engaging in
rubbing up against a non-consenting
person for sexual pleasure.
Biastophilia
Erotic interest in committing rape.
Do all rapist have biastophilia.
No.
Has everyone with biastophilia committed rape?
No.
Pedophilic Disorder
Sexual interest in children who are below the age of puberty
What are three types of Pedophilic Disorder?
Classic Type (prepubescent children). Hebephilic Type (pubescent children). Pedohebephilic Type (both).
Pedophiles have a greater preference for girls or boys?
Boys.
Pedophiles in forensic samples have a preference for girls or boy?
Girls.
Psychoanalytic Theories for why paraphilias develop
Paraphilias thought to arise from castration
anxiety. Sexual abuse and early trauma may
explain courtship disorders.
Behavioural Theories for why paraphilias develop
Paraphilias occur through classical conditioning. Sexual arousal occurs with the paraphilic object and sexual arousal is accidently associated with it.
What percent of pedophiles were abused as children?
35%
When a pedophile says “the child seduced me,” that is an example of a…
cognitive distortion
What is included in an assessment of a paraphilic disorder?
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.
What is included in a criminal assessment of a paraphilic disorder.
Same as a regular paraphilic disorder plus a penile plethysmography (PPG) to assess paraphilic interest
in children.
What are 3 types of treatment for paraphilic disorders?
CBT and Relapse Prevention, Self-Esteem and Social-Skills Training, and Satiation Therapy.
CBT and Relapse Prevention for Paraphilic Disorders includes…
Challenging offenders distorted thinking, making offenders disclose the offense to the group, and making a safety plan to avoid risks.
Self-Esteem and Social-Skills Training for paraphilic disorders includes…
Development of healthy social skills, mood management, etc.
Satiation Therapy for paraphilic disorders includes…
Redirecting sexual impulses to a more desirable target through masturbation, then masturbating again to the undesired fantasy.
What are neurological findings about pedophiles?
Lower IQs
