FAM 253 Final Exam Questions and
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What are the symptoms of erectile disorder? - Answer- a. there persistent inability to
obtain or maintain an erection sufficient for satisfactory sexual performance
If a male were using the nocturnal penile tumescence test, one would suspect he was
being assess for: - Answer- e. erectile disorder
The focus of treatment is on reducing the anxiety associated with erectile disorder. The
method is most likely: - Answer- a sensate focus
According to Masters and Johnson, premature ejaculation is associated with: - Answer-
a. early, rushed sexual experiences
Spectatoring involves acting as an observer or judge of one's own sexual performance -
Answer- TRUE
A man who began having problems maintaining an erection six months ago after he told
his parents that he was gay is experience a primary sexual dysfunction. - Answer-
FALSE
Using acetaminophen, ibuprofen, or aspirin during a woman's pregnancy may
negatively affect her offspring's sexual desire and functioning later in life. - Answer- ****
Sex therapists today use medications almost exclusively to treat sexual dysfunctions. -
Answer- ***
Low or absent desire for sexual activity is known as dyspareunia. - Answer- FALSE
THe persistent inability to obtain or maintain an erection sufficient for satisfactory sexual
performance is known as dyspareunia. - Answer- FALSE
In a study of heterosexual men, regular sexual intercourse was found to protect against
erectile dysfunction when the men got older. - Answer- TRUE
A persistent erection is called priapism - Answer- TRUE
,Systematic desensitization is a series of exercises assigned to couples in sex therapy to
enhance nonverbal communication. - Answer- FALSE
Bibliotherapy has been found to be the most effective treatment for premature
ejaculation. - Answer- FALSE
Involuntary contractions of the muscles that surrounds the entrance to the vagina is
known as sexual arousal disorder. - Answer- FALSE
The most important variable in how well a woman copes sexually after breast cancer is
the encouragement and support she gets from her partner. - Answer- FALSE
Modern prostatectomy involves cutting the nerves necessary for erections, resulting in
erectile dysfunction, - Answer- TRUE
In men, a prosthesis is often used following testicular cancer. - Answer- TRUE
Difficulty getting an erection may be one of the first signs of diabetes in men. - Answer-
TRUE
"Love is the standard of normalcy; that which degrades love is perversion" who of the
following would agree most strongly with this statement? - Answer- b. Freud
"any sexual act that is not associated with propagation is deviant" This statement might
have been made by: - Answer- a. Krafft-Ebing
One who is consistently sexually aroused by a nonhuman object--shoes or underwear,
for example--is scientifically classified as a - Answer- c. Paraphiliac
In order to be classified as a paraphilia, symptoms must be experienced for at least: -
Answer- c. six months
Most paraphiliacs are - Answer- d. men
Research indicated that paraphilias have the most in common with - Answer- b.
impulse-control disorders
Edwardo becomes intensely aroused when he thinks about or touches women's feet.
When he has sex with his wife, he insists on caressing her foot as a form of foreplay
and fantasizes about it throughout their sexual encounter. Edwardo is a: - Answer- e.
fetishist
Usually, paraphiliacs, - Answer- b. have more than one paraphilia
At the present time mental health professionals agree that to be considered a paraphilia
a behavior must - Answer- **
, Sex offenders in __ are charged with hooliganism and will receive harsh punishment -
Answer- b. China
As regards what causes paraphilias: behaviorist is to conditioning as psychoanalyst is to
- Answer- a. castration anxiety
According to John Money, hypophilia might be expressed by a woman who: - Answer-
c. is unable to reach orgasm
Paraphiliacs engage in those behaviors because in the past they have been reinforced
for doing them. A person from which theoretical perspective would agree most strongly
with this quote? - Answer- c. behavioral
The theory which emphasized the importance of movies, TV, and other media int he
development of paraphilia is: - Answer- a. sociological theory
AN individual who becomes sexually aroused--even to the point of orgasm--by
caressing another's hair is demonstrating which kind of paraphilia? - Answer- d.
fetishism
Fetishism could include sexual arousal cause by all of the following except: - Answer- d.
flagellation
Ned feels sexually aroused when he dresses as a woman. This is called - Answer- c.
transvestic fetishism
Humiliate me! demans the - Answer- a. masochist
The Marquis de Sade, from whom we get the term "sadism" - Answer- b. was a real
person who wrote novels about torturing women
Are exhibitionist "dirty old men"? - Answer- c. no--most are int heir teens or 20s when
they start flashing
Sadomasochism always includes - Answer- e. all of the above*
Use of the terms "*****" and "stud" to label people engaged in similar levels of sexual
behavior indicates - Answer- d. an inability to acknowledge hypersexuality
Submissive behaviors in an S&M uncounted might include all of the following except: -
Answer- d. scopophilia
The most accurate way to describe most S&M encounters is that: - Answer- d. they
involve ritualized behaviors, and no one receives lasting harm
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What are the symptoms of erectile disorder? - Answer- a. there persistent inability to
obtain or maintain an erection sufficient for satisfactory sexual performance
If a male were using the nocturnal penile tumescence test, one would suspect he was
being assess for: - Answer- e. erectile disorder
The focus of treatment is on reducing the anxiety associated with erectile disorder. The
method is most likely: - Answer- a sensate focus
According to Masters and Johnson, premature ejaculation is associated with: - Answer-
a. early, rushed sexual experiences
Spectatoring involves acting as an observer or judge of one's own sexual performance -
Answer- TRUE
A man who began having problems maintaining an erection six months ago after he told
his parents that he was gay is experience a primary sexual dysfunction. - Answer-
FALSE
Using acetaminophen, ibuprofen, or aspirin during a woman's pregnancy may
negatively affect her offspring's sexual desire and functioning later in life. - Answer- ****
Sex therapists today use medications almost exclusively to treat sexual dysfunctions. -
Answer- ***
Low or absent desire for sexual activity is known as dyspareunia. - Answer- FALSE
THe persistent inability to obtain or maintain an erection sufficient for satisfactory sexual
performance is known as dyspareunia. - Answer- FALSE
In a study of heterosexual men, regular sexual intercourse was found to protect against
erectile dysfunction when the men got older. - Answer- TRUE
A persistent erection is called priapism - Answer- TRUE
,Systematic desensitization is a series of exercises assigned to couples in sex therapy to
enhance nonverbal communication. - Answer- FALSE
Bibliotherapy has been found to be the most effective treatment for premature
ejaculation. - Answer- FALSE
Involuntary contractions of the muscles that surrounds the entrance to the vagina is
known as sexual arousal disorder. - Answer- FALSE
The most important variable in how well a woman copes sexually after breast cancer is
the encouragement and support she gets from her partner. - Answer- FALSE
Modern prostatectomy involves cutting the nerves necessary for erections, resulting in
erectile dysfunction, - Answer- TRUE
In men, a prosthesis is often used following testicular cancer. - Answer- TRUE
Difficulty getting an erection may be one of the first signs of diabetes in men. - Answer-
TRUE
"Love is the standard of normalcy; that which degrades love is perversion" who of the
following would agree most strongly with this statement? - Answer- b. Freud
"any sexual act that is not associated with propagation is deviant" This statement might
have been made by: - Answer- a. Krafft-Ebing
One who is consistently sexually aroused by a nonhuman object--shoes or underwear,
for example--is scientifically classified as a - Answer- c. Paraphiliac
In order to be classified as a paraphilia, symptoms must be experienced for at least: -
Answer- c. six months
Most paraphiliacs are - Answer- d. men
Research indicated that paraphilias have the most in common with - Answer- b.
impulse-control disorders
Edwardo becomes intensely aroused when he thinks about or touches women's feet.
When he has sex with his wife, he insists on caressing her foot as a form of foreplay
and fantasizes about it throughout their sexual encounter. Edwardo is a: - Answer- e.
fetishist
Usually, paraphiliacs, - Answer- b. have more than one paraphilia
At the present time mental health professionals agree that to be considered a paraphilia
a behavior must - Answer- **
, Sex offenders in __ are charged with hooliganism and will receive harsh punishment -
Answer- b. China
As regards what causes paraphilias: behaviorist is to conditioning as psychoanalyst is to
- Answer- a. castration anxiety
According to John Money, hypophilia might be expressed by a woman who: - Answer-
c. is unable to reach orgasm
Paraphiliacs engage in those behaviors because in the past they have been reinforced
for doing them. A person from which theoretical perspective would agree most strongly
with this quote? - Answer- c. behavioral
The theory which emphasized the importance of movies, TV, and other media int he
development of paraphilia is: - Answer- a. sociological theory
AN individual who becomes sexually aroused--even to the point of orgasm--by
caressing another's hair is demonstrating which kind of paraphilia? - Answer- d.
fetishism
Fetishism could include sexual arousal cause by all of the following except: - Answer- d.
flagellation
Ned feels sexually aroused when he dresses as a woman. This is called - Answer- c.
transvestic fetishism
Humiliate me! demans the - Answer- a. masochist
The Marquis de Sade, from whom we get the term "sadism" - Answer- b. was a real
person who wrote novels about torturing women
Are exhibitionist "dirty old men"? - Answer- c. no--most are int heir teens or 20s when
they start flashing
Sadomasochism always includes - Answer- e. all of the above*
Use of the terms "*****" and "stud" to label people engaged in similar levels of sexual
behavior indicates - Answer- d. an inability to acknowledge hypersexuality
Submissive behaviors in an S&M uncounted might include all of the following except: -
Answer- d. scopophilia
The most accurate way to describe most S&M encounters is that: - Answer- d. they
involve ritualized behaviors, and no one receives lasting harm
