Chapter 9 - Sexual and Gender Disorders Flashcards
What qualifies “unusual” sexual preferences as a disorder?
They must be recurrent, persistent, distressing and/or involve non-consenting parties.
Studies done by _______ and ______ are largely responsible for our current understanding of the sexual response cycle.
Masters and Johnson
The DSM-5 divides psycho-sexual disorders into three general categories. What are they?
Sexual dysfunctions, paraphilic disorders and gender dysphoria.
What are the four phases of the sexual response cycle?
The excitement phase, plateau phase, the orgasmic phase and the resolution phase.
______ _______ involve disturbances in the sexual response cycle or painful intercourse.
sexual dysfunctions
______ disorders involve intense interest or preference for unusual targets of sexual arousal.
Paraphilic
______ ______ involves a strong and persistent sense of incongruence between ones assigned gender and gender identity
Gender dysphoria
_______ Occurs in the excitement phase of sexual arousal when there is increased blood flow to the genitals.
Vasocongestion
The ______ period occurs in men during the resolution phase of the sexual cycle.
refractory
Masters and Johnson consider ____ ____ to be one of the leading causes of sexual dysfunction, a theory which recent research has upheld.
Performance anxiety
Around ____% of females report problems with sexual arousal.
20%
_______ is the male equivalent of female sexual interest/arousal disorder and accounts for about 2% of the male population.
Male Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder
Erectile disorder increases with age but on average, about ___% of men experience this.
10%
____ ____ is a therapeutic technique where couples progresses through three phases of non-demand pleasuring.
Sensate focus
The _____ technique is a method for treating premature ejaculation.
squeeze
Intense interest in or preference for non-normative targets of sexual arousal are
Paraphilias
The defining characteristic of this disorder involves the recurrent fantasy, urge or behavior of exposing ones genitals to an unsuspecting stranger.
Exhibitionistic Disorder
In fetishistic disorder, sexual interest is focused on ________
Nonliving objects
______ disorder involves intense sexual arousal from touching or rubbing against a non-consenting person and persists for at least six months.
Frotteuristic
The incidence of this disorder is estimated at about 3-5% but this estimate is complicated by the fact that these behaviors are criminal, and therefore highly underreported.
Pedophilic Disorder
What is Plethysmographic assessment?
Objective assessment of arousal by measurement of genital blood flow.
What is the difference between masochism and sadism?
Masochism is the preference for experiencing pain to achieve sexual gratification. Sadism is the preference for causing pain or suffering to someone else.
This disorder involves recurrent sexually arousing fantasies involving cross dressing.
Transvestic Disorder
Individuals with this disorder are intensely aroused by observing an unsuspecting person who is naked or engaging in sexual activities.
Voyeuristic Disorder
______ is a condition in which sexual identity is contrary to biological gender.
Transsexualism
What is congenital adrenal hyperplasia?
A condition in which fetal exposure to androgens results in masculinization of the genitals of a genetic female.
What is androgen insensitivity syndrome?
When a genetically male fetus is insensitive to the effects of androgen and develops genitalia resembling a female.
_____ Therapy has been found effective in treating paraphilias.
Behavioral
