Deck 16: Harmful and Antisocial Sexual Expression

Question 1

De Sade (who the term sadism was named after)believed that,for women,pain should be the highest form of sexual activity.Why did he believe this? 

A) This was more arousing to the aggressive nature of men. 
B) Pleasure could too easily be faked. 
C) They were the weaker sex and needed to learn to be tougher. 
D) They needed to be prepared for the pain of childbirth.

Answer 1

  B

Question 2

John Money believed that sexual development could be influenced by childhood sex play.What term did he use to describe the template of the ideal lover and sexual situation people develop based on these patterns of play? 

A) sex attributes 
B) genderguise 
C) lovemaps 
D) courtship guides

Answer 2

  C

Question 3

What term refers to whipping a person as part of a sexual encounter? 

A) flagellation 
B) caning 
C) infantilism 
D) dominatrix

Answer 3

  A

Question 4

Which statement best describes most paraphiliacs? 

A) They are married with healthy sexual lives. 
B) They are of above-average intelligence. 
C) They are over 40 years old. 
D) They are men.

Question 5

Which statement best describes individuals with a fetish? 

A) Most people with a fetish are women. 
B) People are generally open in talking about their fetish. 
C) A person with a fetish often has difficulty connecting interpersonally with his/her partner. 
D) People with a fetish have a specific object of preference but may or may not be dependent on that object for arousal.

Question 6

What does sadomasochism always include? 

A) pain 
B) humiliation 
C) bondage 
D) a consensual exchange of power

Question 7

What term refers to a person who experiences sexual arousal from the physical or psychological suffering of another person? 

A) nymphomania 
B) sadism 
C) exhibitionism 
D) masochism

Question 8

Why do age-of-consent laws exist in Canada? 

A) because of tautology 
B) because of the harm principle 
C) because of the sick or sanity principle 
D) because there are many paraphiliacs in society

Question 9

What theory proposes that an exhibitionist exposes himself to prove his masculinity and evoke a fear response? 

A) biological 
B) psychoanalytic 
C) developmental 
D) behavioural

Question 10

According to research,which condition do many paraphilias have the most in common with? 

A) mood disorders 
B) impulse-control disorders 
C) phobia disorders 
D) sexual aversion disorders

Question 11

What group of disorders involves pain and humiliation? 

A) disorders of anomalous target preference 
B) fetishistic disorders 
C) algolagnic paraphilic disorders 
D) courtship paraphilic disorders

Question 12

Wade becomes sexually aroused by being humiliated,beaten,and tied up.What term would define his sexual preferences? 

A) masochism 
B) exhibitionism 
C) sadism 
D) frotteurism

Question 13

What term describes a paraphilic behaviour involving recurrent and intense sexual arousal from fantasies or behaviours involving feces? 

A) urolagnia 
B) scatophagia 
C) troilism 
D) infantilism

Question 14

What theory might consider the foundation of an adult's fascination with sadomasochism the experience of having an erection while receiving a spanking as a child? 

A) psychoanalytic 
B) behavioural 
C) developmental 
D) sociological

Question 15

What is most often a distinguishing characteristic between paraphiliacs and non-paraphiliacs? 

A) age 
B) socio-economic status 
C) gender 
D) sexual orientation

Question 16

What term refers to sexual arousal triggered by non-human objects or non-genital body parts? 

A) fetish 
B) sadism 
C) voyeurism 
D) nymphomania

Question 17

A doctor uses traits to define an illness and then uses evidence of these traits to confirm that a person has a mental illness.Which term best describes this scenario? 

A) tautology 
B) paraphilia 
C) sociopathology 
D) logical reasoning

Question 18

Who defined all forms of sexual expression that did not conform to the "purpose of nature" as abnormal? 

A) Stoller 
B) Kinsey 
C) Freud 
D) Krafft-Ebing

Question 19

What theory emphasizes the importance of movies,TV,and other media in the development of paraphilias? 

A) psychoanalytic 
B) behavioural 
C) developmental 
D) sociological

Question 20

How are individuals who cross-dress in the transgender community different from people who would be classified as having a transvestic disorder? 

A) They differ in their sexual orientation. 
B) People in the transgender community do not experience as much harassment. 
C) Cross-dressing in the transgender community is about gender identification whereas someone with a transvestic disorder cross-dresses for sexual arousal. 
D) A transvestic disorder classifies individuals who do so based on childhood trauma whereas those in the transgender community do so for biologically based reasons.

Question 21

What group of disorders includes tranvestic disorders? 

A) disorders of anomalous target preference 
B) fetishistic disorders 
C) algolagnic paraphilic disorders 
D) courtship paraphilic disorders

Question 22

Which paraphilic disorder is most closely associated with frotteurism? 

A) telephone scatolophilia 
B) pedophilia 
C) exhibitionism 
D) toucheurism

Question 23

What term refers to a person who becomes sexually aroused primarily from watching others naked or engaging in sex? 

A) voyeur 
B) hyposexual 
C) exhibitionist 
D) necrophiliac

Question 24

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a typical voyeur? 

A) Voyeurism began in the person's teens. 
B) The person is male. 
C) Voyeurism is almost certainly not their only paraphilia. 
D) The person is a virgin.

Question 25

What Western nation was home to a group that tried to legalize adult-child sexual relations in order to protect "the sexual rights of children"? 

A) the United States 
B) England 
C) the Netherlands 
D) Greece

Question 26

Gary derives sexual pleasure from rubbing his groin against women in the crowded subway he takes to work each morning.What term best describes Gary? 

A) necrophiliac 
B) frotteur 
C) zoophiliac 
D) exhibitionist

Question 27

What distinguishes a person who engages in group sex occasionally from a person who is classified with troilism? 

A) For a troilist, group sex is the primary means of sexual arousal. 
B) For a troilist, group sex always involves people the individual has just met. 
C) For a troilist, group sex is only engaged in with people who are within their existing circle of friends. 
D) For a troilist, group sex is done while also creating a home movie to watch later for arousal while masturbating.

Question 28

What term refers to a person who becomes sexually aroused primarily from displaying his or her genitals,nudity,or sexuality to strangers? 

A) voyeur 
B) hyposexual 
C) necrophiliac 
D) exhibitionist

Question 29

A person derives sexual arousal and gratification simply from looking at naked children.How would this person be classified? 

A) pedophile 
B) necrophile 
C) troilist 
D) voyeur

Question 30

What group of disorders involves a problem with how one person approaches another person sexually? 

A) disorders of anomalous target preference 
B) fetishistic disorders 
C) algolagnic paraphilic disorders 
D) courtship paraphilic disorders

Question 31

What is a common characteristic that differentiates female pedophiles from male pedophiles? 

A) Females are more likely to have prior criminal records. 
B) Females are more likely to have been abused as children. 
C) Females are more likely to have psychiatric disorders. 
D) Females are more likely to commit lower level offenses.

Question 32

What differentiates healthy BDSM behaviour from sexual sadism? 

A) nudity 
B) being in a public setting 
C) lack of consent 
D) gender of the victim

Question 33

What is the most common animal involved in zoophilia? 

A) female horse 
B) female donkey 
C) male dog 
D) male chimp

Question 34

Laura recently applied for a new job at a funeral home and also has recurring fantasies of sex with a female corpse.What term best describes Laura? 

A) necrophiliac 
B) frotteur 
C) voyeur 
D) nymphomaniac

Question 35

"Why engage in sexual relations with children?" asked one survey taken of pedophiles.What was the most common response? 

A) The child reciprocated initial advances. 
B) Alcohol was a factor. 
C) The pedophile had difficulty with adult sexual relationships. 
D) Children don't resist.

Question 36

What tends to be the primary factor in creating arousal for an exhibitionist? 

A) nudity 
B) being in a public setting 
C) lack of consent 
D) gender of the victim

Question 37

What is the most common sexual behaviour related to pedophilia? 

A) fondlings and exhibitionism 
B) exhibitionism and penetration 
C) penetration and masturbation 
D) masturbation and fondling

Question 38

Which for the following is NOT a characteristic of a typical sexual addict? 

A) being single 
B) being obsessed with masturbation 
C) viewing pornography 
D) participating in cybersex, sex with prostitutes, or multiple sexual affairs

Question 39

Which of the following is an example of a courtship paraphilic disorder? 

A) voyeuristic disorder 
B) sexual masochism disorder 
C) fetishistic disorder 
D) pedophilic disorder

Question 40

Which statement best describes most S&M encounters? 

A) They involve mostly impulsive behaviours and no one receives lasting harm. 
B) They involve mostly impulsive behaviours in which someone is typically injured. 
C) They involve planned out behaviours and no one receives lasting harm. 
D) They involve planned out behaviours in which someone is typically injured.

Question 41

Most role playing scenes in the BDSM subculture do not involve actual harm.

Question 42

People who are identified as paraphiliacs tend to have a variety of characteristics that make them a very homogenous group.

Question 43

What types of treatments have been the most successful with paraphiliacs? 

A) treatments that create behavioural change 
B) therapy to resolve past sexuality issues 
C) mentoring programs involving the paraphiliac having a "sponsor" 
D) empathy training

Question 44

A teacher is found to have had sex with one of her students.The teacher and student claim they are in love and that the sex was consensual.What type of sex scandal is this? 

A) hypocrisy 
B) breach-of-trust 
C) illicit sex 
D) harassment/coercion

Question 45

During therapy,an exhibitionist is asked to imagine what his or her behaviour was like from the perspective of the victim.What type of treatment is this person most likely receiving? 

A) aversion therapy 
B) systematic desensitization 
C) relapse prevention counselling 
D) empathy training

Question 46

Sexual behaviours are usually categorized as normal or abnormal based on the current scientific research findings of that time period.

Question 47

According to Patrick Carnes,which statement best describes sexual addicts? 

A) Sexual addicts lack empathy and do not typically feel remorseful for their behaviour. 
B) Sexual addicts are more likely to come from divorced families and/or experience sexual abuse as children. 
C) Sexual addicts go through four continuous cycles related to thoughts of sex, preparation for sex, compulsive sexual behaviour, and feelings of despair. 
D) Sexual addicts are typically married males whose partners are not sexually open and after a period of repression of their sexuality they end up being hypersexual.

Question 48

Alex is a sex offender and he is undergoing a therapy in which he is asked to masturbate to a conventional fantasy and then asked to masturbate again to the undesirable fantasy.What is the name for the type of therapy Alex is receiving? 

A) aversion 
B) satiation 
C) systematic desensitization 
D) orgasmic reconditioning

Question 49

Throughout history,all forms of pedophilia have been considered unacceptable.

Question 50

A person who occasionally fantasizes about watching other people have sex would likely be classified as a paraphiliac.

Question 51

While people are more likely to celebrate individual and cultural differences in most aspects of human life,people are less tolerant of sexual diversity.

Question 52

A reverend who has been very vocal about his opposition to same-sex marriage is found to have had the same gay lover for 10 years.What type of sex scandal is this? 

A) hypocrisy 
B) breach-of-trust 
C) illicit sex 
D) harassment/coercion

Question 53

Many sexual behaviours previously considered abnormal are considered acceptable in today's society.

Question 54

Most exhibitionists engage in voyeuristic habits before beginning exhibitionist behaviour.

Question 55

What mental health condition is often associated with compulsive sexual behaviour? 

A) anxiety disorder 
B) disassociative personality disorder 
C) attention deficit hyperactivity disorder 
D) bipolar disorder

Question 56

What is considered one of the most reliable techniques for assessing continued pedophilic desires and fantasies with male sex offenders? 

A) self-report 
B) dream journals 
C) penile plethysmorgraphy 
D) psychological personality inventories

Question 57

People with fetishes are typically more open about their sexuality than people without a fetish.

Question 58

What is the primary purpose behind the use of systematic desensitization in treatment for paraphilias? 

A) to produce shame about the paraphilic behaviour 
B) to switch orgasmic responses to a more socially acceptable source 
C) to create a sense of relaxation during intense arousing situations 
D) to decrease the sex drive without the use of drugs

Question 59

Behaviours classified as paraphilias are also illegal.

Question 60

What types of drug therapy have shown some success with treating paraphilias? 

A) testosterone-suppressing drugs and antidepressants 
B) mood stabilizers and drugs commonly used for preventing seizures 
C) antidepressants and mood stabilizers 
D) blood pressure drugs and attention deficit medications

Question 61

The word nymphomaniac is an example of a derogatory term originally used to describe women who engage in frequent sex.

Question 62

Identify some of the ways that people may determine whether a sexual behaviour is "normal." How might some paraphilias be views as a normal variation of human sexual behaviour? Use examples to support your answer.

Question 63

Thinking about how society views behaviours that are considered "normal" or "abnormal,what are some reasons that efforts to depathologize unusual sexual behaviours would be considered beneficial.Discuss possible reasons why some experts are advocating differentiation between paraphilias which are considered consensual and those that involve force or coercion.

Question 64

All people who sexually abuse children are also considered pedophiles.

Question 65

The majority of people with paraphilias do not seek treatment.

Question 66

Identify and explain three common motivations for paraphiliac behaviours.

Question 67

Define a fetish and identify the key features of this paraphilia.Provide two examples of fetishes.

Question 68

Choose any two paraphilias and differentiate between a behavioural and sociological explanation for it.

Question 69

Explain Carne's treatment methods and the four cycles of sexual addiction.

Question 70

Pedophiles who have served time for their offense do not typically re-offend.

Question 71

Define a paraphilia and explain the essential features of a paraphilia as determine by the DSM.

Question 72

Explain the controversy behind the concept of sexual addiction.Make sure to reference the text.

Question 73

Define both voyeurism and exhibitionism.Describe what is meant by the following statements: "In some ways we are a voyeuristic society" and "Exhibitionism in women takes a different form."

Question 74

The primary aim of any therapy for paraphilias should be to change behaviour.