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The physiological cause of penis erection and vaginal lubrication is known as __________ which first occurs during the __________ phase of the sexual response cycle. |
| | A) | myotonia; desire |
| | B) | engorgement; desire |
| | C) | vasocongestion; arousal |
| | D) | myotonia; arousal |
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Which of the following is not one of Masters and Johnson's four phases of the sexual response cycle? |
| | A) | resolution |
| | B) | arousal |
| | C) | orgasm |
| | D) | refractory |
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The most common complaint of people seeking sex therapy is |
| | A) | lack of sexual desire. |
| | B) | inability to experience orgasm. |
| | C) | pain or discomfort during sex. |
| | D) | difficulty staying sexually aroused. |
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Men who have significant problems with premature ejaculation have difficulty in the ___________ phase of the sexual response cycle. |
| | A) | resolution |
| | B) | arousal |
| | C) | plateau |
| | D) | desire |
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Pain during sexual intercourse is known as |
| | A) | myotonia. |
| | B) | dyspareunia. |
| | C) | vaginismus. |
| | D) | anorgasmia. |
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Which of the following statements about the causes of sexual dysfunctions is true? |
| | A) | In men, low levels of prolactin and estrogen can cause sexual dysfunction. |
| | B) | In women, changes in the levels of reproductive hormones cause fluctuations in the level of sexual desire. |
| | C) | Biologically caused sexual dysfunctions are typically situational and inconsistent. |
| | D) | Psychologically caused sexual dysfunctions tend to appear suddenly. |
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"Spectatoring" involves |
| | A) | voyeurs watching people engaged in sex without the people's consent or awareness. |
| | B) | exhibitionists revealing themselves to large groups of people at the same time |
| | C) | individuals closely monitoring their own behaviors and feelings while engaging in sexual relations with another person. |
| | D) | parents allowing their children to watch them engage in sexual intercourse. |
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Which of the following statements is true? |
| | A) | Performance anxiety not only hinders sexual enjoyment and retards orgasm, it can also lead to premature ejaculation in some men. |
| | B) | Women undergoing menopause frequently experience an increase in their levels of sexual desire. |
| | C) | A sexual disorder not listed in the DSM-IV that affects many people in Eastern countries, is Koro, a condition in which a man's penis actually shrinks back into his body. |
| | D) | Men who have more frequent and more varied sex are less likely to gain ejaculatory control than men having less frequent and less varied sex. |
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The stop-start technique is used primarily |
| | A) | to help a paraphilic stop engaging in paraphilic behavior and start engaging in normal sexual behavior. |
| | B) | to help men with premature ejaculations to control their ejaculations. |
| | C) | to help women with vaginismus gain some control over their vaginal contractions. |
| | D) | to help women with dyspareunia by teaching them to stop sexual interactions when they feel pain and start them again when the pain passes. |
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Deconditioning the automatic tightening of a woman's vaginal muscles is an especially effective treatment for |
| | A) | dyspareunia. |
| | B) | vaginismus. |
| | C) | anorgasmia. |
| | D) | sexual aversion disorder. |
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Which of the following is not required for a diagnosis of voyeurism? |
| | A) | The voyeuristic behavior must persist for six months or longer. |
| | B) | The person being observed must not be aware that he or she is being observed. |
| | C) | The voyeuristic behavior must be compulsive. |
| | D) | The voyeuristic behavior must be accompanied by masturbation. |
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Someone whose primary source of sexual gratification is rubbing and fondling the body parts of a nonconsenting adult would be diagnosed with |
| | A) | exhibitionism. |
| | B) | voyeurism. |
| | C) | frotteurism. |
| | D) | pedophilia. |
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Which of the following is not true of pedophiles? |
| | A) | Typically, pedophiles have been abused as children. |
| | B) | Typically, pedophiles are homosexual. |
| | C) | The typical victims of pedophiles are relatives or close acquaintances. |
| | D) | Pedophiles must be, by definition, at least five years older than their victim(s). |
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According to behavioral theories, how do paraphilias develop? |
| | A) | Paraphilic behaviors develop primarily when a child observes and then models his or her parents' sexual behaviors. |
| | B) | Paraphilia develops when the person is rewarded by others for engaging in paraphilic behaviors and punished for engaging in "normal" sexual behaviors. |
| | C) | The paraphilic object and a person's usual sexual partner must be paired for the person to develop sexual arousal to the paraphilic object. |
| | D) | A chance pairing of some paraphilic object and sexual arousal leads the person to develop a classically conditioned sexual response to the paraphilic object. |
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Which of the following statements about gender identity disorder and/or its causes is false? |
| | A) | Girls exposed to elevated levels of testosterone in utero tend to have more "tomboyish" or "masculine" behavior than girls not exposed to elevated levels. |
| | B) | Most girls exposed to elevated levels of testosterone in utero do not identify themselves as female. |
| | C) | Highly feminine boys tend to have mothers who wanted a girl rather than a boy. |
| | D) | A significant percentage of parents of children with gender identity disorders suffer from some form of psychopathology. |
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Enlargement of the clitoris, swelling of the labia, and moistening of the vagina is caused by: |
| | A) | myotonia |
| | B) | engorgement |
| | C) | orgasm |
| | D) | the refractory period |
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Recurrent inability to attain or maintain the swelling-lubrication response of sexual excitement is known as: |
| | A) | sexual aversion disorder. |
| | B) | female orgasmic disorder. |
| | C) | female sexual arousal disorder. |
| | D) | vaginismus. |
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Men gain ejaculatory control through all of the following processes except: |
| | A) | a regular rhythm of being sexual. |
| | B) | adherence to the same intercourse position. |
| | C) | increased comfort with practice. |
| | D) | a more give-and-take pleasuring process. |
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Psychodynamic theorists believe that women with _____ are overidentified with their mothers and unconsciously equate having sex as a rejection of their mothers. |
| | A) | anorgasmia. |
| | B) | sexual aversion disorder. |
| | C) | female sexual arousal disorder. |
| | D) | vaginismus. |
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All of the following medical and surgical treatments for male erectile disorder are effective except: |
| | A) | vacuum pumps. |
| | B) | vasomax. |
| | C) | topical creams. |
| | D) | inflatable prosthesis. |
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