Abnormal Psychology Clinical Perspectives On Psychological Disorders 8th Edition By Susan – Test Bank
Chapter 11
Paraphilic Disorders, Sexual Dysfunctions, and Gender Dysphoria
- Emilio becomes sexually aroused when he views sexually explicit photographs. He also gets really turned on when his lover undresses in front of him. Emilio’s behavior might be described as
- fetishistic.
- frotteuristic.
- voyeuristic.
- D.
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APA LO: 1.3
Bloom’s: Apply
Difficulty: Easy
Gradable: automatic
Learning Objective: Identify the patterns of sexual behaviors that represent psychological disorders.
Topic: Sexual Disorders
- Who were the pioneering sex researchers who studied the human sexual behavior in a laboratory?
- Westheimer and Brothers
- Masoch and de Sade
- C. Masters and Johnson
- Ellis and Skinner
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APA LO: 1.1
Bloom’s: Remember
Difficulty: Medium
Gradable: automatic
Learning Objective: Identify the patterns of sexual behaviors that represent psychological disorders.
Topic: Masters and Johnson
- Clark has recently become interested in being spanked before engaging in intercourse. He can become sexually aroused if he is not spanked but enjoys this as a sort of passing fancy. How might you describe Clark’s condition?
- He has a sexual dysfunction.
- He has a paraphilia.
- He is a sadist.
- D. He does not have a sexual disorder.
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APA LO: 1.3
Bloom’s: Apply
Difficulty: Medium
Gradable: automatic
Learning Objective: Identify the patterns of sexual behaviors that represent psychological disorders.
Topic: Sexual Disorders
- A deviation involving the object of a person’s desire is referred to as a(n)
- sexual dysfunction.
- B.
- sexual orientation.
- erectile disorder.
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APA LO: 1.3
Bloom’s: Remember
Difficulty: Difficult
Gradable: automatic
Learning Objective: Compare and contrast paraphilic disorders, theories of their development, and treatments.
Topic: Paraphilic Disorders
- _____ are disorders in which an individual has recurrent, intense sexually arousing fantasies, sexual urges, or behaviors involving nonhuman objects, children or other nonconsenting persons, or the suffering or humiliation of self or partner.
- Sexual dysfunctions
- Erectile disorder
- C. Paraphilias
- Sexual orientations
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Bloom’s: Remember
Difficulty: Medium
Gradable: automatic
Learning Objective: Compare and contrast paraphilic disorders, theories of their development, and treatments.
Topic: Paraphilic Disorders
- Marshall is a university president who has an obsession with making obscene phone to female students. His behaviors have caused significant problems at work and he is now facing termination from his position. He would best be diagnosed with
- gender dysphoria.
- a sexual dysfunction.
- C. a paraphilic disorder.
- hypersexual disorder.
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APA LO: 1.3
Bloom’s: Apply
Difficulty: Difficult
Gradable: automatic
Learning Objective: Compare and contrast paraphilic disorders, theories of their development, and treatments.
Topic: Paraphilic Disorders
- When do paraphilic disorders typically emerge?
- In early childhood
- B. In adolescence
- During middle age
- During old age
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APA LO: 1.3
Bloom’s: Remember
Difficulty: Medium
Gradable: automatic
Learning Objective: Compare and contrast paraphilic disorders, theories of their development, and treatments.
Topic: Paraphilic Disorders
- For over a year Joshua has been having recurrent, intense sexually arousing fantasies and sexual urges. He uses a nonhuman object to satiate his sexual desires. This behavior causes Joshua a lot of distress, and he finds that he can no longer experience sexual satisfaction without this object. Joshua is suffering from
- sexual dysfunction.
- erectile disorder.
- sexual malfunction.
- D. a paraphilic disorder.
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APA LO: 1.3
Bloom’s: Apply
Difficulty: Medium
Gradable: automatic
Learning Objective: Compare and contrast paraphilic disorders, theories of their development, and treatments.
Topic: Paraphilic Disorders
- Which of the following is true about paraphilic disorder?
- A. People with these disorders often lose sight of other goals beyond their achieving sexual fulfilment in their unusual manner.
- The term “sexual arousal” is not included in any of the criteria for paraphilic disorders.
- A clinician will diagnose paraphilic disorder when lack of sexual desire causes intense distress and impairment.
- Paraphilic disorders begin in middle childhood and tend to be chronic, and do not diminish in people even when they grow older.
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APA LO: 1.3
Bloom’s: Understand
Difficulty: Difficult
Gradable: automatic
Learning Objective: Compare and contrast paraphilic disorders, theories of their development, and treatments.
Topic: Paraphilic Disorders
- Which of the following is the key feature of paraphilias?
- The object of desire must be an inanimate object.
- They must involve abnormal physiological functioning.
- They must be short-term conditions.
- D. There must be a dependence on the sexual target for arousal.
