Abnormal Psych | Ch 10-14 Questions and Answers with 100%
Correct Answers | Latest Version
Question 1.
male or female, determined by sex chromosomes and anatomy
Correct Answer: biological sex
Question 2.
what are the primary sex characteristics for biological sex
Correct Answer: penis/testicles vagina/uterus/ovaries
Question 3.
this is the psychological sense of being female, male, or an alternative gender in most it
lines up with biological sex i.e. most are cisgender
Correct Answer: gender identity
Question 4.
Whether an individual is sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex, the same-sex,
or both Majority of gay, lesbian, and bisexual individuals' gender identity aligns with their
biological/anatomical sex
Correct Answer: sexual orientation
Question 5.
typically interpreted as a derogatory term Was classified as a psychological disorder in
DSM I and II 1973 vote to remove homosexuality as a diagnosis from DSM 1987 was
removed entirely
Correct Answer: homosexuality
Question 6.
what were the 3 historical theories of homosexuality
Correct Answer: pathology immaturity normal variation
Question 7.
Around 1890s medicine/psychiatry put forward a competing view: homosexuality as a form
of insanity or psychiatric disorder. •shift was generally considered progressive; a sick
person was less blameful than a sinner or criminal •homosexuality still was not accepted
in society, most gay and lesbian individuals kept their sexual orientation a secret •in the
army during WWII if a man was suspected of being gay, he was arrested and dishonorably
discharged •Dr. Irving Bieber was an army psychiatrist, thought treating homosexuality as
a crime was cruel and that it should instead be viewed as a psychological disorder
Correct Answer: homesexuality treated as a mental disorder
,Question 8.
Dr. Bieber did a study with 77 psychiatrists collecting info from over 100 gay men and
decided that homosexuality was caused by overbearing mothers and distant, detached
fathers, caused the gay man a great deal of distress •Lots of studies like this by
psychoanalysts in the first part of the 20th century, from Freud forward •This was the view
that became traditionally accepted in psychiatry, written into DSM I and II
Correct Answer: Dr. Bieber study of homosexuality
Question 9.
pathology theory would state, of course, that homosexuality was a disease that differs
from normal heterosexual development (arising from some internal defect or external
pathological agent). Some thought excessive mothering caused homosexuality. Theories
of immaturity would state that homosex-
Correct Answer: pathology/immaturity/normal variation theory on
homosexuality
Question 10.
why was homosexuality removed from the DSM
Correct Answer: not more psychologically disturbed than heterosexual
individuals does not impair functioning treatments don't work
Question 11.
what legitimized aversion therapy for homosexuality
Correct Answer: DSM-II
Question 12.
•The psychological sense of belonging to one gender while possessing the sexual organs
of the other.
Correct Answer: transgender identity
Question 13.
•A psychological disorder in which people experience significant personal distress or
impaired functioning as a result of a conflict between their anatomic sex and their gender
identity. •Not all people with transgender identity have gender dysphoria or any other
diagnosable disorder.
Correct Answer: gender dysphoria
Question 14.
Diagnosis applies when there is significant distress associated with having transgender
identity.
Correct Answer: gender dysphoria diagnosis
, Question 15.
•Strong desire to be a member of the other gender or strongly expressing the belief that
one is a member of the other gender (or of some alternative gender) •Strong preferences
for playing with members of the other gender and for toys, games, and activities
associated with the other gender •Strong feelings of disgust and personal distress about
one's sexual anatomy •Strong desires to have physical characteristics (i.e., primary or
secondary sexual characteristics) associated with one's experienced gender •Strong
preferences for assuming roles of the other gender in make-believe or fantasy play
•Strong preferences for wearing clothing typically associated with the other gender and
rejection of clothing associated with one's own gender
Correct Answer: features of gender dysphoria in childhood
Question 16.
•Surgeons construct external genital organs that closely resemble opposite sex •Hormone
treatments for development of secondary sex characteristics •Postoperative adjustment
more favorable for female-to-male
Correct Answer: sex reassignment surgery
Question 17.
Persistent or recurrent problems with sexual interest, arousal, or response.
Correct Answer: sexual dysfunctions
Question 18.
dysfunctions are classified according to what 4 cater- gories
Correct Answer: lifelong
Question 19.
•with sexual interest, desire, or arousal •with orgasmic response •involving pain during
sexual intercourse or penetration (in women)
Correct Answer: problems associated with sexual dysfunction
Question 20.
•persistently have little, if any, desire for sexual activity or may lack sexual or erotic
thoughts or fantasies
Correct Answer: men with male hypoactive sexual desire disorder
Question 21.
•A sexual dysfunction in males characterized by difficulty in achieving or maintaining
erection during sexual activity.
Correct Answer: erectile disorder
Correct Answers | Latest Version
Question 1.
male or female, determined by sex chromosomes and anatomy
Correct Answer: biological sex
Question 2.
what are the primary sex characteristics for biological sex
Correct Answer: penis/testicles vagina/uterus/ovaries
Question 3.
this is the psychological sense of being female, male, or an alternative gender in most it
lines up with biological sex i.e. most are cisgender
Correct Answer: gender identity
Question 4.
Whether an individual is sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex, the same-sex,
or both Majority of gay, lesbian, and bisexual individuals' gender identity aligns with their
biological/anatomical sex
Correct Answer: sexual orientation
Question 5.
typically interpreted as a derogatory term Was classified as a psychological disorder in
DSM I and II 1973 vote to remove homosexuality as a diagnosis from DSM 1987 was
removed entirely
Correct Answer: homosexuality
Question 6.
what were the 3 historical theories of homosexuality
Correct Answer: pathology immaturity normal variation
Question 7.
Around 1890s medicine/psychiatry put forward a competing view: homosexuality as a form
of insanity or psychiatric disorder. •shift was generally considered progressive; a sick
person was less blameful than a sinner or criminal •homosexuality still was not accepted
in society, most gay and lesbian individuals kept their sexual orientation a secret •in the
army during WWII if a man was suspected of being gay, he was arrested and dishonorably
discharged •Dr. Irving Bieber was an army psychiatrist, thought treating homosexuality as
a crime was cruel and that it should instead be viewed as a psychological disorder
Correct Answer: homesexuality treated as a mental disorder
,Question 8.
Dr. Bieber did a study with 77 psychiatrists collecting info from over 100 gay men and
decided that homosexuality was caused by overbearing mothers and distant, detached
fathers, caused the gay man a great deal of distress •Lots of studies like this by
psychoanalysts in the first part of the 20th century, from Freud forward •This was the view
that became traditionally accepted in psychiatry, written into DSM I and II
Correct Answer: Dr. Bieber study of homosexuality
Question 9.
pathology theory would state, of course, that homosexuality was a disease that differs
from normal heterosexual development (arising from some internal defect or external
pathological agent). Some thought excessive mothering caused homosexuality. Theories
of immaturity would state that homosex-
Correct Answer: pathology/immaturity/normal variation theory on
homosexuality
Question 10.
why was homosexuality removed from the DSM
Correct Answer: not more psychologically disturbed than heterosexual
individuals does not impair functioning treatments don't work
Question 11.
what legitimized aversion therapy for homosexuality
Correct Answer: DSM-II
Question 12.
•The psychological sense of belonging to one gender while possessing the sexual organs
of the other.
Correct Answer: transgender identity
Question 13.
•A psychological disorder in which people experience significant personal distress or
impaired functioning as a result of a conflict between their anatomic sex and their gender
identity. •Not all people with transgender identity have gender dysphoria or any other
diagnosable disorder.
Correct Answer: gender dysphoria
Question 14.
Diagnosis applies when there is significant distress associated with having transgender
identity.
Correct Answer: gender dysphoria diagnosis
, Question 15.
•Strong desire to be a member of the other gender or strongly expressing the belief that
one is a member of the other gender (or of some alternative gender) •Strong preferences
for playing with members of the other gender and for toys, games, and activities
associated with the other gender •Strong feelings of disgust and personal distress about
one's sexual anatomy •Strong desires to have physical characteristics (i.e., primary or
secondary sexual characteristics) associated with one's experienced gender •Strong
preferences for assuming roles of the other gender in make-believe or fantasy play
•Strong preferences for wearing clothing typically associated with the other gender and
rejection of clothing associated with one's own gender
Correct Answer: features of gender dysphoria in childhood
Question 16.
•Surgeons construct external genital organs that closely resemble opposite sex •Hormone
treatments for development of secondary sex characteristics •Postoperative adjustment
more favorable for female-to-male
Correct Answer: sex reassignment surgery
Question 17.
Persistent or recurrent problems with sexual interest, arousal, or response.
Correct Answer: sexual dysfunctions
Question 18.
dysfunctions are classified according to what 4 cater- gories
Correct Answer: lifelong
Question 19.
•with sexual interest, desire, or arousal •with orgasmic response •involving pain during
sexual intercourse or penetration (in women)
Correct Answer: problems associated with sexual dysfunction
Question 20.
•persistently have little, if any, desire for sexual activity or may lack sexual or erotic
thoughts or fantasies
Correct Answer: men with male hypoactive sexual desire disorder
Question 21.
•A sexual dysfunction in males characterized by difficulty in achieving or maintaining
erection during sexual activity.
Correct Answer: erectile disorder
