midterm 2

Question 1

Gender role

Answer 1

a set of norms or culturally defined expectations, that define how people of on gender ought to behave

Question 2

intersectionality

Answer 2

an approach that simultaneously considers the meaning and sentences of multiple categories of identity, difference and disadvantage

Question 3

penile strain gauge

Answer 3

a device used to measure physiological sexual arousal in the male; it is a flexible loop that fits around the base of the penis

Question 4

photoplethysmograph

Answer 4

an acrylic cylinder that s placed inside the vagine to measure physiological sexual arousal in females

Question 5

gender dysphoria

Answer 5

a marked incongruence between people’s experienced or expressed gender and their assigned gender

Question 6

deprivation homosexuality

Answer 6

same-sex activity that occurs in certain situations, such as prisons, when people are deprived of their regular mixed-sex activity.

Question 7

paraphilia

Answer 7

intense and persistent sexual interest in unusual objects, situations, or individuals

Question 8

compulsive sexual behaviour

Answer 8

a disorder in which the person experiences intense sexually arounsing fantasies, urges and associated sexual behaviour

Question 9

4 step cycles of compulsive behaviours

Answer 9

1. preoccupation
2. rituals
3. compulsive sexual behaviour
4. dispair

Question 10

fetishism

Answer 10

a persons sexual fixation on some object other than another human being and attachment of great erotic significance to that object

Question 11

media fetish

Answer 11

a fetish whose object is anything made of a particular substance, such as leather

Question 12

form fetish

Answer 12

a fetish whose object is a particular shape, such as high helped shoes

Question 13

transvestism

Answer 13

the practice of deriving sexual gratification from dressing as a member of the other gender; transvestite fetishism

Question 14

sexual sadist

Answer 14

a person who derives sexual satisfaction from inflicting pain, suffering or humiliation on another person

Question 15

sexual masochist

Answer 15

a person who derives sexual satisfaction from experiencing pain

Question 16

voyeurism

Answer 16

a sexual variation in which the person becomes sexually aroused from secretly viewing nudes

Question 17

scoptophilia

Answer 17

a sexual variation in which the person becomes sexually aroused by observing others sexual acts and genitals

Question 18

exhibitionism

Answer 18

a person derives sexual gratification from exposing his genitals to others in situations in which this is inappropriate

Question 19

nymphomania

Answer 19

an excessive, insatiable sex drive in a woman

Question 20

satyriasis

Answer 20

an excessive, insatiable sex drive in a man

Question 21

Griffith’s six characteristics of cybersex addiction:

Answer 21

1. Salience
2. mood modification
3. tolerance
4. withdrawal symptoms
5. conflict
6. relapse

Question 22

asphyxiophilia

Answer 22

the desire to induce in oneself a state of oxygen deficiency to create sexual arousal or to enhance excitement and orgasm

Question 23

zoophilia

Answer 23

sexual contact with an animal, also called bestiality or sodomy

Question 24

Frotteurism

Answer 24

rubbing ones genitals against the body of a non consenting person

Question 25

saliromania

Answer 25

a desire to damage or soil a woman or her clothes

Question 26

coprophilia

Answer 26

deriving sexual satisfaction from contact with feces

Question 27

urophilia

Answer 27

deriving sexual satisfaction from contact with urine

Question 28

necrophilia

Answer 28

deriving sexual satisfaction from contact with a dead person

Question 29

feederism

Answer 29

deriving sexual pleasure from weight gain or feeding

Question 30

sexsomnia

Answer 30

automatic, unintentional sexual behaviours during sleep, also called sleep sex

Question 31

hypoactive sexual desire disorder

Answer 31

a sexual disorder in which there is a lack of interest in sexual activity; also termed inhibited sexual desire or low sexual desire

Question 32

discrepancy of sexual desire

Answer 32

a sexual problem in which the partners have considerably different levels of sexual desire

Question 33

erectile disorder

Answer 33

the inability to have or maintain an erection | - diabetes, problems with circulatory system, hypogonadism, spinal cord injury

Question 34

premature ejaculation

Answer 34

a sexual disorder in which the man ejaculates too soon and feels he cannot control when he ejaculates -local infection, malfunctioning ejaculatory ducts,

Question 35

delayed ejaculation

Answer 35

a sexual disorder in which the man cannot have an orgasm or the orgasm is greatly delayed, even though he has an erection and has a great deal of sexual stimulation - MS, spinal injury, prostate surgery

Question 36

female sexual interest/arousal disorder

Answer 36

a sexual disorder in which the woman sexual interest or arousal is significantly reduced

Question 37

female orgasmic disorder

Answer 37

a sexual disorder in which the woman is unable to have an orgasm or experiences orgasms that are less intense -illness, fatigue, spinal injury

Question 38

genito-pelvic pain/penetration disorder

Answer 38

any one of four symptoms that typically occur together related to genital pain during actual or attempted sexual intercourse -

Question 39

dyspareunia

Answer 39

painful intercourse

Question 40

biopsychosocial model

Answer 40

a general model that argues that physical, psychological, and social factors all contribute to sexual disorders

Question 41

organic factors for genito-pelvic/penetration disorder

Answer 41

1. disorders of the vaginal entrance 2. disorders of the vagina 3. pelvic disorders 4. dysfunction of the pelvic floor muscles

Question 42

8 factors of psychological causes of sexual disorder

Answer 42

1. myths or misinformation 2. negative attitudes 3. anxiety 4. cognitive interference 5. individual psychological distress 6. behavioural or lifestyle factors 7. failure to engage in effective stimulating behaviour 8. relationship distress

Question 43

cognitive interference

Answer 43

negative thoughts that distract a person from focusing on the erotic experience

Question 44

cognitive-behavioural therapy

Answer 44

a form of therapy that combines behaviour therapy and restructuring of negative thought patterns