Exam 14: Sexual Function Difficulties, Dissatisfaction, Enhancement, and Therapy

Avery, a 25-year-old woman, experiences pain during vaginal intercourse. She avoids sexual encounters, fearing pain may occur. The muscles around her vagina tighten during vaginal intercourse and make penile-vaginal intercourse difficult. Which of the following is suffered by Avery in this scenario?

The term "frigid" has been replaced with the less prejudicial description ________.

What are some of the physical causes of sexual function difficulties and dissatisfaction in men?

Explain how fatigue and stress cause sexual function difficulties and dissatisfaction.

In the treatment for erectile difficulties using a cognitive-behavioral approach, couples are taught that the first step in treatment is ________.

According to a study by Hackney, Lane, Register-Mihalik, and O'Leary (2017), men who exercised moderately or light in intensity or duration were much less likely to indicate moderate or high libidos than those whose workouts were especially prolonged or intense.

Which of the following is true of female orgasmic disorder?

According to the DSM-5, which of the following is a sexual dysfunction?

Treatments suitable for resolving sexual function difficulties associated with vaginal pain in menopausal women are ________.

Jacob, a 30-year-old man, cannot ejaculate during sexual intercourse despite adequate sexual stimulation and the desire to experience ejaculation. However, when his partner gives an oral stimulation, he is able to ejaculate. He consults a sexologist, and the sexologist is most likely to diagnose his sexual difficulty as ________.

Karen was sexually abused during her childhood by her uncle. As a result, she develops negative attitudes toward sex and finds it hard to get emotionally attached to anyone. Though she desires to have sex, she avoids engaging in sexual activities thinking that it is bad. Which of the following psychological causes of sexual function difficulties does this scenario exemplify?

Which of the following is true of Masters and Johnson's cognitive-behavioral approach to treating sexual function difficulties?

Diabetes and alcoholism are leading causes of male erectile difficulties.

Gay men and lesbian women tend to have sexual function difficulties and dissatisfaction as a result of conflict within the self that is caused by ________.

Which of the following is true of the cognitive-behavioral approach of Masters and Johnson for the treatment of sexual function difficulties?

Which of the following is true of sexual function dissatisfaction?

A repeated inability to attain or maintain erections during partnered sexual activities is diagnostically referred to as ________.

The technical term for painful intercourse is ________.

According to Ellison, how do people know if they are having "good sex"?

The number-one sexual function problem of American couples is ________.