ABNORMAL QUIZ 5 – Flashcards
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Your friend Jessica tells you that she has recently begun sex therapy. While reluctant to talk about her sexual difficulties, she tells you that her first assignment in therapy is to purchase a vibrator and to practice masturbating. Based on your knowledge about sexual and gender identity disorders, you surmise that Jessica is being treated for which disorder?______
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Female Orgasm Disorder
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Approximately 25% of patients with sexual aversion disorder also suffer from which disorder?______
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Panic Disorder
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Research suggests that gender non-conformity typically results in
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None of the above
=Gender identity issues
=Homosexual preferences
= Bisexuality
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Which of the following is FALSE in regard to gender differences in sexual self-schemas?
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Men's self-schema are characterized by higher levels of conflict
=Women's self-schema involve sex as an expression of romantic feelings and intimacy in a relationship
=Men's self-schema involve sex as an expression of power, aggression, and independence
=Women's self-schema involve desire for sexual arousal and expression
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The most common of all male sexual dysfunctions is______
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Premature Ejaculation
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An individual presents for treatment and keeps talking about how gangsters are "out to get him." Before diagnosing paranoid personality disorder, we must determine whether:
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His fears are justified
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Which of the following does NOT support the fact that homosexuality is related to differential hormone exposure in utero?
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Homosexual males have smaller feet than heterosexual males
=Actual structures of the brain might be different in homosexuals versus heterosexuals
=Males and masculine lesbians often have a longer fourth ring finger than index finger
=Homosexual males are more likely to be left-handed or mixed-handed than right handed
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According to your textbook and Dr. Nikolas, one of the most effective treatments for many sexual dysfunctions is:
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Education regarding normal sexuality
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Data from research studies on gender differences in human sexuality reflect all of the following themes EXCEPT:
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Men are less accepting of homosexuality than women
=Men are more permissive about casual premarital sex than women
=Men masturbate more than women
=Men and women value sexual satsifaction equally
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Of the following, the individual most likely to receive an appropriate diagnosis of hypoactive sexual desire disorder is:
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Fred, who has sex at least once a week to satisfy his wife, but would prefer to be left alone since he is rarely interested in sex
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Dilators of gradually increasing size are used in the treatment of:
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Vaginismus
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Which of the following is NOT true about the development of gender identity and gender identity disorder?
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Gender nonconformity in children is a robust predictor of homosexuality in adulthood
=Genetic and biological factors make large contributions (60-70%) to the development of gender identity disorder
=Gender identity can be partially shaped by parental reinforcement
=Gender identity generally develops between 18 and 36 months of age
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All of the following statements about sex reassignment surgery are true EXCEPT:
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=Female-to-male conversions adjust better than male-to-female conversions
=15% later regret surgery
=2% attempt suicide after surgery
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An unusually high concern with nocturnal emissions has been reported in _____________, where there is a strong culturally-held belief that loss of semen causes depletion of physical and mental energy.
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India
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Schizophrenia has been found to occur at elevated rates among family members of individuals with all of the following personality disorders EXCEPT:
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Narcissistic
= Paranoid
=Schizoid
=Avoidant
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The procedure that is carried out entirely in the patient's imagination and used to reduce the inappropriate sexual arousal that exists in paraphilia and pedophilia is called______
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covert sensitization
