Week 2 Flashcards

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Why is self report on sexual behaivour an difficult way to undrtsand sexual norms

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People may face stigma so they portray sexual behaviour to be more or less than the truth

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What were the four Phases of the Masters and Johnson normal sexual cycle response

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Desire Phase, Excitiment Phase, Orgasmic Phase, Resolution Phase.

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Which four criteria must be met to be clinnically diagnosed as having a sexual dysfunction

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Occur up to 75% of the time for the past 6 months , cause clinical distress, not due to a medical condition, present during solo and duo sex.

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What is a life long sexual dysfunction?

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Dysfunction present from the first sexual expereince.

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5
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What is an acquired sexual dysfunction

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When the dysfunction has developed after a period of normal sexual function

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What is a generalised sexual Dysfunction

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Dysfunction not limited to a certain type of stimulation, situation or partner

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What is Situational Sexual dysfuction

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dysfunction which only occures during certain types of stimulation, situation or partner.
e.g. a women expereinces pain while having sex with her partner but not during masturbation

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What is the most common cause of Genito-Pelvic Pain Disorder

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Sexual Abuse

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9
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What is the link between sex and alcohol

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people are more willing to have sex but are not more aroused

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10
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List a biological disorder which can result in sexual dysfunction

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Cadiovascular disorder leads to anxiety in sex as poeple fear they may have a heart attack

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What are some social and contural contributions to sexual dysfunctions

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Christianity no sex before marriage. Islam only have sex when tyring to have a child. Peron seeting high expectations. pressure to have sex to be cool

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What are some negative or traumatic contributions to sexual dysfunctions

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Rape, incest and intial negative expereinces of sexual exposure

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Provide an example of how socially transmited attitude and interact with a relationship

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having pressure put on you to have kids and make a family can cause anxiety and effect intimacy

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14
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what are the three ways to treat social dysfunction through education

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Altering Myths, Cognitive/behavioural therpay and schema therapy

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15
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What is Dynamic therapy for sexual dysfunction

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Increasing commincation between partners

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16
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Why are antidepressants contoversal for sexual dysfunction treatmment

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they can decrease anxiety but also lower sex drive

17
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What is the defintion of a paraphilia

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Intense, persistent and reoccurent sexual attraction to unusual objects or sexual activities lasting around 6 months

18
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Why is the prevalence of Paraphilias underestimated?

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We only know the occurence of these events based on crime rates. Illegal self acts are not often self reported. Not all paraphilias are criminal and not all are distressing to an individual.

19
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What is Voyeurisitc Disorder

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Observation of unsuspecting others who are nakes, disrobing or engaging sexual activity

20
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What is transvestic disorder?

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Fantasies urges or behaviours involving cross dressing

21
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What is exhibitionistic Disorder

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Fantasies urges or behaviours involoving showing ones genital to unsuspecting strangers

22
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What is Frotteuristic Disorder

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Fantasies urges or behaviours invloving touching or rubbing against an unconsenting person

23
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What is the difference between sadism and masichism?

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Sadism is the desire to cause physical/phsycological suffering to another person while masochism is the desie to be humiliated, beatedn or made to suffer

24
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Which Paraphilia has ‘equal’ male to female ratio

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Both Sadism and Masochism

25
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What are two biological factors which could contribute to paraphilias

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Excess male hormone levels, and nuerological differences such as temporal lobe chnages.

26
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What are developmental/psychological factors which could contribute to paraphilias

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Disordered relationships as well as physical or sexual abuse during chilhood. OCD.

27
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How do you treat paraphilia

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There is no real treatment so instead there is a focus on minimising harm to others

28
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What is rescripting fantasy does it work.

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Engage in deviant fantasy at the moment of climax you switch your thought to more healthy and normative sex acts. Not much evidence that it works

29
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What are biological treatments

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Castration and other medication such as antidpressents.

30
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Gender Dysphoria

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when someone feels like there biological sex doesn not match their psychological and emotional identity

31
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describe the desire phase of the sexual response cycle

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sexual interest or desire/arousing fanatsies or thoughts

32
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what is the excitment phase

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increased blood flow to genitalia, erections and lubrication of the vagina

33
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describe the resolution phase

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occues after the excitment phase, in men there is a refractory period but this does not exist in women

34
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what are the three catergories of sexual dysfunction listed in the DSM-V

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desire, interest
orgasmic disorders
sexual pain

35
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what is a spectator role

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the one having sex is so concerned about how they do that they are rather observing themsleves and impedeing natural sexual behaviour