Question 1

What is a person who engages in a fetishistic behavior called?

Accepted Answer

A)  fetishist 
B)  transvestic 
C)  exhibitionistic 
D)  paraphilias 
A)  fetishist 
B)  transvestic 
C)  exhibitionistic 
D)  paraphilias

Question 2

What is sadism?

Accepted Answer

A)  deriving sexual pleasure from administering or watching pain and humiliation. 
B)  deriving sexual pleasure from receiving pain or being humiliated. 
C)  a paraphilia that involves a recurrent and intense sexual arousal from fantasies or behaviors involving the physical or psychological suffering of another person. 
D)  None of these are correct. 
A)  deriving sexual pleasure from administering or watching pain and humiliation. 
B)  deriving sexual pleasure from receiving pain or being humiliated. 
C)  a paraphilia that involves a recurrent and intense sexual arousal from fantasies or behaviors involving the physical or psychological suffering of another person. 
D)  None of these are correct.

Question 3

Many sexual behaviors previously considered abnormal are considered acceptable in today's society.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Which type of therapy uses medication to either decrease sexual drive or to treat psychological pathologies that are believed to underlie the paraphilic behavior?

Accepted Answer

A)  systematic desensitization 
B)  pharmacotherapy 
C)  surgical 
D)  chemotherapy 
A)  systematic desensitization 
B)  pharmacotherapy 
C)  surgical 
D)  chemotherapy

Question 5

Similar standards are used in how society interprets exhibitionist behavior across genders.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

What is a way that sexual variations are measured and assessed?

Accepted Answer

A)  talking directly with the person 
B)  behavioral observation 
C)  physiological testing 
D)  All of these are correct 
A)  talking directly with the person 
B)  behavioral observation 
C)  physiological testing 
D)  All of these are correct

Question 7

In zoophilia, sexual behaviors including masturbating the animals and submitting to anal sex performed by the animal is common practice.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

"Appropriate" or "Inappropriate" people, objects, or activities of sexual attention differ in all the following except:

Accepted Answer

A)  different times 
B)  different people 
C)  different cultures 
D)  All of these are correct. 
A)  different times 
B)  different people 
C)  different cultures 
D)  All of these are correct.

Question 9

Which type of therapeutic methods are used during group therapy?

Accepted Answer

A)  works on improving self-esteem and social skills 
B)  works to help weaken the connections between certain situations and emotional/physical reactions to them. 
C)  treatment of more than one member of a family in the same session 
D)  works with multiple paraphiliacs with similar conditions 
A)  works on improving self-esteem and social skills 
B)  works to help weaken the connections between certain situations and emotional/physical reactions to them. 
C)  treatment of more than one member of a family in the same session 
D)  works with multiple paraphiliacs with similar conditions

Question 10

What was one of the earliest treatments for paraphilias?

Accepted Answer

A)  dipping the genitals in boiling water 
B)  isolation away from the community 
C)  prison 
D)  castration 
A)  dipping the genitals in boiling water 
B)  isolation away from the community 
C)  prison 
D)  castration

Question 11

What is a sexual behavior that involves a craving for an erotic object that is unusual or different?

Accepted Answer

A)  paraphilia 
B)  exhibition 
C)  fetish 
D)  pedophilic disorder 
A)  paraphilia 
B)  exhibition 
C)  fetish 
D)  pedophilic disorder

Question 12

Which person has a definition of variant sexuality that does NOT contain a moral or social value judgment?

Accepted Answer

A)  Charles: "Sexual behavior is atypical if fewer than 5% of sexually active people do it." 
B)  Neela: "Sexual deviance is every expression of sexual desire that does not correspond with the purpose of nature." 
C)  Miguel: "Sexual perversions are behaviors that take place outside of a loving relationship." 
D)  Priya: "The sexually variant individual exhibits sexual arousal or responses to inappropriate people, objects, or activities." 
A)  Charles: "Sexual behavior is atypical if fewer than 5% of sexually active people do it." 
B)  Neela: "Sexual deviance is every expression of sexual desire that does not correspond with the purpose of nature." 
C)  Miguel: "Sexual perversions are behaviors that take place outside of a loving relationship." 
D)  Priya: "The sexually variant individual exhibits sexual arousal or responses to inappropriate people, objects, or activities."

Question 13

Behaviors classified as paraphilias are also illegal.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Which term refers to the receiving of sexual pleasure from acts involving the infliction or receiving of pain and humiliation?

Accepted Answer

A)  sadism 
B)  masochism 
C)  sexual sadism disorder 
D)  sadomasochism 
A)  sadism 
B)  masochism 
C)  sexual sadism disorder 
D)  sadomasochism

Question 15

In the DSM-5 , transvestic disorder diagnosis is limited to heterosexual men.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

People with fetishes are typically more open about their sexuality than people without a fetish.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

According to the DSM-5 , what would classify for diagnosis of a paraphiliac disorder?

Accepted Answer

A)  feeling distress about a sexual interest or behavior for at least 6 months 
B)  a sexual desire or behavior that involves distress or injury of another person 
C)  desire for sexual behavior that involves unwilling people or those unable to give consent 
D)  All of these are correct 
A)  feeling distress about a sexual interest or behavior for at least 6 months 
B)  a sexual desire or behavior that involves distress or injury of another person 
C)  desire for sexual behavior that involves unwilling people or those unable to give consent 
D)  All of these are correct

Question 18

A biological theorist would attribute paraphilias to which factor?

Accepted Answer

A)  illness 
B)  higher levels of hormones 
C)  disturbances of brain structure 
D)  All of these are correct. 
A)  illness 
B)  higher levels of hormones 
C)  disturbances of brain structure 
D)  All of these are correct.

Question 19

Which of the following theories found that a number of conditions can initiate paraphilic behavior, such as illnesses, disturbances of brain structure?

Accepted Answer

A)  developmental theory 
B)  biological theory 
C)  psychoanalytic theory 
D)  behavioral theory 
A)  developmental theory 
B)  biological theory 
C)  psychoanalytic theory 
D)  behavioral theory

Question 20

What is significant about Megan's Law?

Accepted Answer

A)  It mandates that every community have access to information about sex offenders living there. 
B)  It provides funds for community watch programs designed to discourage pedophiles. 
C)  It limits the kind of work that a sex offender can participate in. 
D)  It sets mandatory sentencing guidelines for perpetrators of childhood sexual abuse. 
A)  It mandates that every community have access to information about sex offenders living there. 
B)  It provides funds for community watch programs designed to discourage pedophiles. 
C)  It limits the kind of work that a sex offender can participate in. 
D)  It sets mandatory sentencing guidelines for perpetrators of childhood sexual abuse.

What is a person who engages in a fetishistic behavior called?

What is sadism?

Many sexual behaviors previously considered abnormal are considered acceptable in today's society.

Which type of therapy uses medication to either decrease sexual drive or to treat psychological pathologies that are believed to underlie the paraphilic behavior?

Similar standards are used in how society interprets exhibitionist behavior across genders.

What is a way that sexual variations are measured and assessed?

In zoophilia, sexual behaviors including masturbating the animals and submitting to anal sex performed by the animal is common practice.

"Appropriate" or "Inappropriate" people, objects, or activities of sexual attention differ in all the following except:

Which type of therapeutic methods are used during group therapy?

What was one of the earliest treatments for paraphilias?

What is a sexual behavior that involves a craving for an erotic object that is unusual or different?

Which person has a definition of variant sexuality that does NOT contain a moral or social value judgment?

Behaviors classified as paraphilias are also illegal.

Which term refers to the receiving of sexual pleasure from acts involving the infliction or receiving of pain and humiliation?

In the DSM-5 , transvestic disorder diagnosis is limited to heterosexual men.

People with fetishes are typically more open about their sexuality than people without a fetish.

According to the DSM-5 , what would classify for diagnosis of a paraphiliac disorder?

A biological theorist would attribute paraphilias to which factor?

Which of the following theories found that a number of conditions can initiate paraphilic behavior, such as illnesses, disturbances of brain structure?

What is significant about Megan's Law?

Exploring Human Sexuality: Past and Present

Understanding Human Sexuality: Theory and Research

Communication and Sexuality

Gender Development, Gender Roles, and Gender Identity

Female Sexual Anatomy and Physiology

Male Sexual Anatomy and Physiology

Love and Intimacy

Childhood and Adolescent Sexuality

Adult Sexual Relationships

Sexual Expression

Sexual Orientation

Pregnancy and Birth

Contraception and Abortion

Challenges to Sexual Functioning

Sexually Transmitted Infections and Hivaids

Power and Coercion

Sexual Images and Selling Sex

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Exam 16: Varieties of Sexual Expression

What is a person who engages in a fetishistic behavior called?

What is sadism?

Many sexual behaviors previously considered abnormal are considered acceptable in today's society.

Which type of therapy uses medication to either decrease sexual drive or to treat psychological pathologies that are believed to underlie the paraphilic behavior?

Similar standards are used in how society interprets exhibitionist behavior across genders.

What is a way that sexual variations are measured and assessed?

In zoophilia, sexual behaviors including masturbating the animals and submitting to anal sex performed by the animal is common practice.

"Appropriate" or "Inappropriate" people, objects, or activities of sexual attention differ in all the following except:

Which type of therapeutic methods are used during group therapy?

What was one of the earliest treatments for paraphilias?

What is a sexual behavior that involves a craving for an erotic object that is unusual or different?

Which person has a definition of variant sexuality that does NOT contain a moral or social value judgment?

Behaviors classified as paraphilias are also illegal.

Which term refers to the receiving of sexual pleasure from acts involving the infliction or receiving of pain and humiliation?

In the DSM-5 , transvestic disorder diagnosis is limited to heterosexual men.

People with fetishes are typically more open about their sexuality than people without a fetish.

According to the DSM-5 , what would classify for diagnosis of a paraphiliac disorder?

A biological theorist would attribute paraphilias to which factor?

Which of the following theories found that a number of conditions can initiate paraphilic behavior, such as illnesses, disturbances of brain structure?

What is significant about Megan's Law?

Exploring Human Sexuality: Past and Present

Understanding Human Sexuality: Theory and Research

Communication and Sexuality

Gender Development, Gender Roles, and Gender Identity

Female Sexual Anatomy and Physiology

Male Sexual Anatomy and Physiology

Love and Intimacy

Childhood and Adolescent Sexuality

Adult Sexual Relationships

Sexual Expression

Sexual Orientation

Pregnancy and Birth

Contraception and Abortion

Challenges to Sexual Functioning

Sexually Transmitted Infections and Hivaids

Power and Coercion

Sexual Images and Selling Sex

Filters