PSY 303 Abnormal Psychology Final
Exam Questions and Correct
Answers (100% Pass)
Transgender identity
✓ psychological sense of belonging to one gender while possessing
sexual organs of the other
Gender identity
✓ psychological sense of being male or female
Gender dysphoria
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✓ individuals who experience significant personal distress or impaired
functioning as a result of a conflict between their biological sex and
their gender identity
✓
✓ comes with transgender identity as well
✓
✓ - often begins in childhood
✓ - desires/believes he/she is a member of non-biological gender
✓ - play preferences associated with non-biological gender
✓ - inner conflict about one's sexual anatomy (disgust)
✓ - clothing preferences associated with non-biological gender
✓
✓ CONTROVERSIAL --> distress may stem from society and not from inner
conflict (mistake of nature, not disorder)
✓
✓ NOT:
✓ - transvestic disorder (like wearing female clothes for sex)
✓ - behaving opposite of gender stereotypes
✓ - homosexuality/sexual orientation
✓
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✓ CAUSES:
✓ - not completely sure
✓ - genetics
✓ - environment
✓ - hormones (high testosterone during prenatal development)
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✓ TREATMENTS:
✓ - sexual reassignment surgery
Sexual reassignment surgery
✓ attempt to construct external genital organs that closely resemble
those of the opposite sex
✓
✓ hormone treatment as well
✓
✓ biological male to female 3x more common and more successful
✓
✓ biological female to male adjustment more favorable before and after
surgery because society is more accepting
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Sexual dysfunction
✓ persistent problems with sexual interest, arousal, or response
✓
✓ affect an estimate of 40-45% of women and 20-30% of men
✓
✓ women more often report painful sex, inability to orgasm, and lack of
sexual desire
✓
✓ men likely report reaching orgasm too quickly
✓
✓ lifetime (entire life) or acquired (obtain difficulty after period of normal
functioning)
✓
✓ generalized (every time) or situational (some situations, like with one's
spouse)
✓
✓ usually only brought to health professionals when 1 partner is more
interested in sex than the other
Male hypoactive sexual desire disorder
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