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Human Sexuality: Diversity in Contemporary America, 4/e

Brian Strong, University of California, Santa Cruz
Barbara Werner Sayad, California State University, Monterey Bay
Christine DeVault, Cabrillo College
William Yarber, Indiana University

Atypical and Paraphilic Sexual Behavior

True False Quiz


1	The terms atypical sexual behaviors and abnormal sexual behaviors describe the same thing.
		A)	True
		B)	False


2	Atypical sexual behavior refers to any non-reproductive sexual activity.
		A)	True
		B)	False


3	Paraphilias are much more likely to occur among gay men and bisexuals than among heterosexuals.
		A)	True
		B)	False


4	The main focus in frotteurism is making obscene verbal statements.
		A)	True
		B)	False


5	A majority of women have been victimized by a coercive paraphiliac.
		A)	True
		B)	False


6	Exhibitionists usually only expose themselves to strangers or near strangers.
		A)	True
		B)	False


7	If a heterosexually-identified man is a pedophile he molests only girls.
		A)	True
		B)	False


8	Almost all transvestites are homosexuals.
		A)	True
		B)	False


9	Probably the best way to respond to an obscene telephone caller is to act shocked and angry.
		A)	True
		B)	False


10	Sexual addiction is believed by most psychologists and researchers to be a paraphilia and is recognized as a dysfunction by the American Psychological Association.
		A)	True
		B)	False

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