RA: Emotional Response to Sexual Dysfunction

Question 1

Emotions related to __________ affect such as sadness, disillusion, lack of pleasure, and lack of satisfaction seem to have a ________ impact on sexual response

Answer 1

Depressed; negative

Question 2

Emotions associated with ___________ mood and not __________ appear to be most strongly associated sexual dysfunction

Answer 2

Depression; anxiety

Question 3

Treatment orientated to reduce anxiety might be (less/more) efficient than interventions aimed at elevating mood during sexual activity

Answer 3

Less

Question 4

T/F: Men and women with sexual dysfunction activate significantly more incompetence self-schemas

Answer 4

True

Question 5

Self critical schemas, once activated, elicit (+ or -) automatic thoughts that prevent individuals from focusing on erotic stimuli and promote lack of (+ or -) emotions

Answer 5

+ ; +

Question 6

What are the emotions associated with men who experience sexual dysfunctions?

Total of 5

Answer 6

1) Sadness
2) Disillusion
3) Fear
4) Lower scores on pleasure
5) Lack of Satisfaction

Question 7

What are the emotions associated with women who experience sexual dysfunction?

Total of 6

Answer 7

1) Sadness
2) Disillusion
3) Guilt
4) Anger
5) Lack of Pleasure
6) Lack of Satisfaction

Question 8

Regarding the impact of mood, research consistently suggests that depressive affect is (+ or -) related to sexual arousal

Answer 8

Negatively

Question 9

Men and women with sexual dysfunction had significantly (more or less) positive emotional reactions to automatic thoughts during sexual activity

Answer 9

More

Question 10

Which of the following has negative emotions has a stronger correlation with sexual dysfunction?

1) Emotions related to depression
2) Emotions related to anxiety

Answer 10

Depression

Question 11

What is a distinct predictor for sexual satisfaction in women?

Answer 11

Desire for significant other – images, fantasy, thoughts

Question 12

What is a distinct predictor for sexual satisfaction in men?

Answer 12

Low sexual desire discrepancy and desire

Question 13

For women sexual ___________ predicted sexual ______________.

Answer 13

Desire; satisfaction

Question 14

For men, (low or high) desire and (low or high) sexual desire discrepancy predicted sexual ____________.

Answer 14

high; low; satisfaction

Question 15

Alfred Kensey reorientated sexual dysfunctional problems from __________ focused to _____________.

Answer 15

Medical; Psychosocial

Question 16

Who normalized homosexuality?

Answer 16

Alfred Kensey

Question 17

Alfred Kensey, explained sexual orientation as a ____________ construct.

Answer 17

Fluid

Question 18

Masters and Johnson, studied the human sexual response and were able to come up with four phases what are they?

Answer 18

1) Desire
2) Arousal
3) Orgasm
4) Resolution/Refractory

Question 19

What are the three conditions that define sexual dysfunction?

Answer 19

1) disruption of any of the three sexual responses
2) disturbance about disruption of sexual response
3) problems with relationship

Question 20

T/F: Sexual satisfaction predicts relationship satisfaction

Answer 20

True

Question 21

Individuals with sexual dysfunction have a (low or high) cognitive pattern to depression thoughts such as incompetent self-schemas

Answer 21

High

Question 22

Individuals with sexual dysfunction have a (+ or -) relationship with negative emotions and a (+ or -) relationship with positive emotions

Answer 22

positive; negative

Question 23

Individuals with sexual dysfunction reported (more or less) positive affect during exposure to erotica

Answer 23

less