Deck 8: Sexual Deviance

Question 1

What are the 2 kinds of sexual arousal?
a. Subjective and genital
b. Subjective and objective
c. Objective and genital
d. None of the above

Answer 1

Subjective and genital

Question 2

What is the primary predictor of infidelity?
a. Low self-esteem
b. Neuroticism
c. Pregnancy
d. Poor communication

Answer 2

Poor communication

Question 3

Which of the following is not one of the five features generally present in an S/M encounter?
a. Dominance and submission
b. Role-playing
c. Consensuality
d. Infliction of pain

Answer 3

Infliction of pain

Question 4

Masochists derive sexual gratification from inflicting pain, and sadists derive sexual gratification from receiving it.

Question 5

Pornography has become mainstream in our society.

Question 6

Which of the following is an example of sexual coercion?
a. Withholding benefits
b. Threatening relationship defection
c. Manipulating partners by reminding them of their "obligation" to have sex
d. All of the above

Question 7

Fetishism is generally rare.

Question 8

Approximately % of Internet users are doing so to view porn.
a. 13
b. 27
c. 43
d. 67

Question 9

Which of the following is true regarding fetishism?
a. It is a relatively common sexual proclivity
b. Fetishists are not specific in their associations between objects and sexual arousal
c. Fetishism is a crime in itself
d. Fetishists are often identified by association with other illegal sexual activity related to the fetishism or satisfying the fetish

Question 10

The concept of sexual deviance is fixed and universal.

Question 11

Which of the following stimuli can cause sexual arousal?
a. Visual stimuli
b. Auditory stimuli
c. Tactile stimuli
d. All of the above

Question 12

There are approximately open relationships in the United States.
a. 1 million
b. 2 million
c. 3 million
d. 4 million

Question 13

Many consider sexual fantasy a safe venue for the private expression of otherwise deviant desires.

Question 14

In the absence of consistent parenting, children and adolescents are being educated about sex and sexuality by their peers and by the Internet.

Question 15

refers to the deliberate act of imagining a behavior, event, or series of events that one finds personally arousing.
a. Sexual arousal
b. Pornography
c. Voyeurism
d. Sexual fantasy

Question 16

Sexual fantasies commonly involve which of the following themes?
a. Power
b. Romance
c. Exploration of the unusual or forbidden
d. All of the above

Question 17

People routinely lie about or conceal their sexual habits and histories.

Question 18

refers to a type of open relationship that allows both sex and love outside the relationship.
a. Polygamy
b. Polyamory
c. Monogamy
d. Swinging

Question 19

Which of the following is a motive of exhibitionism?
a. The desire to shock
b. Satisfying masochistic desires for self-humiliation
c. Demonstrating sexual ownership and submission
d. All of the above

Question 20

What motivates individuals to lie about their sexual habits?
a. The desire for privacy
b. Embarrassment
c. Social taboos exist against certain sexual activities
d. All of the above

Question 21

Evidence suggests that the use of pornography is associated with violent or criminal behavior.

Question 22

Define the term fetishism. Explain why fetishism is considered a deviant behavior. When does fetishism become a crime?

Question 23

A fetish is a crime in itself.

Question 24

Genital arousal can be an uncontrollable bodily response to internal and external circumstances.

Question 25

Define the term exhibitionism. List 3 motivations of this behavior.
e.g., masturbation, oral sex, vaginal sex, and anal sex) committed in front of an audience, often in public. Exhibitionism is deviant in that is plays against established social conventions relating to sexual privacy and discretion.
Motives for exhibitionism include: sexual attention seeking, a desire to shock, satisfying masochistic desires for self-humiliation, and demonstrating sexual ownership and submission.

Question 26

Define sadomasochism. List the five features generally present in an S/M encounter.