PSY 658 COMPREHENSIVE EXAMS UPDATED ALL
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔female orgasmic disorder - ✔✔Persistent or recurrent delay in, or absence of,
orgasm after a normal sexual excitement phase.
✔✔female sexual interest/arousal disorder - ✔✔Sexual dysfunction involving an
absence of sexual arousal and unresponsiveness to most or all forms of erotic
stimulation.
✔✔fetishism - ✔✔Sexual variant in which sexual interest centers on some inanimate
object or nonsexual part of the body.
✔✔frotteurism - ✔✔A term that refers to interest in rubbing, usually one's pelvis or erect
penis, against a nonconsenting person for sexual gratification.
✔✔gender dysphoria - ✔✔Persistent discomfort about one's biological sex or the sense
that the gender role of that sex is inappropriate.
✔✔genito-pelvic pain/penetration disorder - ✔✔Recurring difficulties of vaginal
penetration or pelvic pain during intercourse.
, ✔✔incest - ✔✔Culturally prohibited sexual relations between family members, such as
brother and sister or a parent and child.
✔✔male hypoactive sexual desire disorder - ✔✔Sexual dysfunction in which a man
shows little or no sexual drive or interest.
✔✔masochism - ✔✔Sexual stimulation and gratification form experiencing pain or
degradation in relating to a lover.
✔✔orgasm - ✔✔Third phase of the human sexual response, during which there is a
release of sexual tension and a peaking of sexual pleasure.
✔✔paraphilia disorders - ✔✔Persistent sexual behavior patterns in which unusual
objects, rituals, or situations are required for full sexual satisfaction.
✔✔pedophilic disorder - ✔✔A paraphilia in which an adult's preferred or exclusive
sexual partner is a prepubertal child.
✔✔rape - ✔✔Sexual activity that occurs under actual or threatened forcible coercion of
one person by another.
✔✔resolution - ✔✔Final phase of the human sexual response, during which a person
has a sense of relaxation and well-being.
✔✔sexual abuse - ✔✔Sexual contact that involves physical or psychological coercion or
occurs when at least one individual cannot reasonably consent to the contact.
✔✔sexual assault - ✔✔Refers to acts, separate from rape, that involve unwanted sexual
contact, such as going or fondling another person without that person's consent.
✔✔sexual dysfunction - ✔✔Impairment either in the desire for sexual gratification o in
the ability to achieve it.
✔✔sexual sadism disorder - ✔✔Disorder in which an individual achieves sexual
gratification by inflicting physical or psychic pain or humiliation on a sexual partner.
✔✔transsexualism - ✔✔Individuals who identify with members of the opposite sex (as
opposed to acceptance of their own biological sex) and who strongly desire to (and
often do) change their sex.
In most cases, this is gender identity disorder in adults.
✔✔transvestic disorder - ✔✔Achievement of sexual arousal and satisfaction by dressing
as a member of the opposite sex.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔female orgasmic disorder - ✔✔Persistent or recurrent delay in, or absence of,
orgasm after a normal sexual excitement phase.
✔✔female sexual interest/arousal disorder - ✔✔Sexual dysfunction involving an
absence of sexual arousal and unresponsiveness to most or all forms of erotic
stimulation.
✔✔fetishism - ✔✔Sexual variant in which sexual interest centers on some inanimate
object or nonsexual part of the body.
✔✔frotteurism - ✔✔A term that refers to interest in rubbing, usually one's pelvis or erect
penis, against a nonconsenting person for sexual gratification.
✔✔gender dysphoria - ✔✔Persistent discomfort about one's biological sex or the sense
that the gender role of that sex is inappropriate.
✔✔genito-pelvic pain/penetration disorder - ✔✔Recurring difficulties of vaginal
penetration or pelvic pain during intercourse.
, ✔✔incest - ✔✔Culturally prohibited sexual relations between family members, such as
brother and sister or a parent and child.
✔✔male hypoactive sexual desire disorder - ✔✔Sexual dysfunction in which a man
shows little or no sexual drive or interest.
✔✔masochism - ✔✔Sexual stimulation and gratification form experiencing pain or
degradation in relating to a lover.
✔✔orgasm - ✔✔Third phase of the human sexual response, during which there is a
release of sexual tension and a peaking of sexual pleasure.
✔✔paraphilia disorders - ✔✔Persistent sexual behavior patterns in which unusual
objects, rituals, or situations are required for full sexual satisfaction.
✔✔pedophilic disorder - ✔✔A paraphilia in which an adult's preferred or exclusive
sexual partner is a prepubertal child.
✔✔rape - ✔✔Sexual activity that occurs under actual or threatened forcible coercion of
one person by another.
✔✔resolution - ✔✔Final phase of the human sexual response, during which a person
has a sense of relaxation and well-being.
✔✔sexual abuse - ✔✔Sexual contact that involves physical or psychological coercion or
occurs when at least one individual cannot reasonably consent to the contact.
✔✔sexual assault - ✔✔Refers to acts, separate from rape, that involve unwanted sexual
contact, such as going or fondling another person without that person's consent.
✔✔sexual dysfunction - ✔✔Impairment either in the desire for sexual gratification o in
the ability to achieve it.
✔✔sexual sadism disorder - ✔✔Disorder in which an individual achieves sexual
gratification by inflicting physical or psychic pain or humiliation on a sexual partner.
✔✔transsexualism - ✔✔Individuals who identify with members of the opposite sex (as
opposed to acceptance of their own biological sex) and who strongly desire to (and
often do) change their sex.
In most cases, this is gender identity disorder in adults.
✔✔transvestic disorder - ✔✔Achievement of sexual arousal and satisfaction by dressing
as a member of the opposite sex.
