Chapter 9 Canvas Quiz – Flashcards
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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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Stage two of sensate focus involves "genital pleasuring" but prohibits intercourse or orgasm. The main purpose of this stage is to
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allow sexual experience without the anxiety of performance.
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The largest difference in sexual behavior for men versus women is that
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men are more likely to masturbate.
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The main feature of sexual arousal disorders is
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lack of physical sexual response despite desire for sex.
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The sex therapy technique designed specifically to treat premature ejaculation is
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the squeeze technique.
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Sexual dysfunctions are
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equally common in heterosexuals and homosexuals.
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The most common of all the male sexual dysfunctions is
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premature ejaculation.
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Research regarding sexual orientation suggests that homosexuality is
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influenced by biological/genetic, psychological, and social factors.
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The condition called premature ejaculation occurs most frequently in
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younger men.
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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 fetishistic behavior is called
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covert sensitization.
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Gender identity disorder is diagnosed when
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a person's physical sex is inconsistent with the person's emotional and psychological identity.
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Of the following, the individual who would most likely be diagnosed with gender identity disorder is
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Mark, who feels like a woman trapped in a man's body.
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Drug treatments for male erectile disorder include all of the following EXCEPT
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Redux.
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Before diagnosing a sexual pain disorder, it is necessary to rule out
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a medical cause of the pain.
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The specific treatment found effective in the treatment of female orgasmic disorder is
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training in masturbatory procedures.
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A paraphilia is defined as
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an attraction to inappropriate individuals or objects.
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Sexual arousal disorders are diagnosed when there is an
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inability to achieve or maintain an erection in males or a lack of lubrication in females.
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Sensate focus and nondemand pleasuring were designed by Masters and Johnson to treat sexual dysfunctions primarily through
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elimination of psychologically based performance anxiety.
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The basic concept behind the covert sensitization method of treating unwanted sexual arousal is to
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replace the immediate reinforcement of the behavior with the unpleasant consequences that ordinarily take longer to be experienced.
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One of the reasons that Viagra has become so widely accepted as a treatment for erectile dysfunction is that
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an oral medication is less awkward and intrusive than other treatments.
