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

Sandra and Montel are nervous about entering therapy at the Masters and Johnson Institute. The therapist tells them to go home, remove their clothing, and pleasure each other everywhere except the genitals and breasts. This therapeutic method is called ________.

The first level in the PLISSIT model involves ________.

Describe the PLISSIT model of sex therapy.

Whenever Tom and Connie attempt intercourse, penetration is impossible because of muscle spasms around the vestibule. This condition is known as ________.

After low sexual desire, the most common sexual dysfunction seen by sex therapists among females is ________.

Mason, a middle-aged man, is sexually active and often has sexual thoughts. He gets prolonged and painful erections that last for a few days. The doctors find that this pain occurs when the blood is unable to drain from his penis, and they conclude that it may be because of the antidepressants that Mason is taking. Identify the sexual difficulty experienced by Mason in this scenario.

Noah, a 40-year-old man, is not able to have a sexual life as he would have wanted. He suffers from premature ejaculation and ejaculates within a minute during vaginal intercourse, and his partners are left unsatisfied. According to Masters and Johnson's cognitive-behavioral approach, which of the following methods would help Noah to enhance his sex life?

Many sex therapists believe that sexual arousal is more of a psychological process in women than in men.

According to the Working Group for a New View of Women's Sexual Problems, the DSM-5 has shortcomings as applied to women. Which of these is one of those shortcomings?

Amanda always experiences intense throbbing or shooting pain while having intercourse with her husband. Therefore, she often refuses to have sex with him. In this case, Amanda is most likely to be experiencing ________.

Anodyspareunia is pain experienced during ________.

In the context of intensifying erotic pleasure, which of the following is true of sexual arousal?

Spasms of the pubococcygeus muscle are likely to result in which disorder in women?

The PLISSIT model is a form of "brief" sex therapy.

Which therapeutic approach is most effective in treating difficulties such as premature ejaculation and erectile difficulties resulting from mild anxieties?

Helen Singer Kaplan modified Masters and Johnson's behavioral treatment program to include ________.

A recurring and continuing pattern of ejaculation during partnered sexual activity within about one minute following vaginal penetration and before the individual desires, and that causes interpersonal distress, is called ________.

John is a married heterosexual man who has been having problems maintaining an erection. He decides to seek help for his problem. He goes to a cognitive-behavioral therapist. At the first meeting, which of the following will John be asked to do?

A condition in which calcium deposits and tough fibrous tissue develop in the corpora cavernosa within the penis is called ________.

The fourth level of PLISSIT model involves giving limited information.