Question 1

_____ refers to automatic,unintentional sexual behaviors during sleep.

Accepted Answer

A) Asphyxiophilia 
B) Necrophilia 
C) Insomnia 
D) Sexsomnia

Question 2

George,a happily married man with three children,is the CEO of a successful corporation.George likes to stop by at a "friend's" place every weekend,where he is tied to a wall,spanked,whipped,threatened,and taunted until he pleads for intercourse and sexual relief.Which of the following best explains George's weekly behavior?

Accepted Answer

A) George is a sexual masochist. 
B) George is an exhibitionist. 
C) George a voyeur. 
D) George is a sexual sadist.

Question 3

Assertiveness training and communication training for sex offenders are aspects of

Accepted Answer

A) psychopharmacological therapy. 
B) hormonal therapy. 
C) social skills training. 
D) systematic desensitization.

Question 4

Dan is usually enthusiastic about playing along with his partner's kinky fantasies,but he refuses to comply with her insistent demands that he urinate on her as part of the sexual act.Dan's partner seems to be exhibiting the sexual variation of

Accepted Answer

A) necrophiliA. 
B) coprophilia. 
C) urophilia. 
D) saliromania.

Question 5

Which of the following is true about transvestic disorder?

Accepted Answer

A) It involves dressing as the opposite sex in order to experience sexual excitement. 
B) It normally affects interpersonal functioning positively. 
C) It occurs when an individual practices occasional cross-dressing for a period of not more than one month. 
D) It is caused by cross-dressing that is normally done in public.

Question 6

Which of the following statements is true about sadomasochists?

Accepted Answer

A) They use every opportunity that presents itself in daily life to inflict pain on others. 
B) They are inherently more likely to be involved in violent sexual crimes. 
C) They find pain arousing only when it is part of a carefully scripted sexual ritual. 
D) They derive sexual pleasure from any form of physical pain that they encounter in their day-to-day lives.

Question 7

Which of the following components of sexual development is most likely to be disturbed in the case of cross-dressing?

Accepted Answer

A) gender identity developed in early childhood 
B) sexual responsiveness to appropriate stimuli 
C) formation of relationships with others 
D) perception of gender roles

Question 8

In _____,feces are important to sexual gratification.

Accepted Answer

A) coprophilia 
B) urophilia 
C) necrophilia 
D) saliromania

Question 9

Detective Gunther was called in to investigate an apparent case of suicide where the victim had hanged himself from a beam on the ceiling.The victim was nude,had mirrors and other pornographic material arranged around him,and there was evidence of him indulging in sexual activity at the time of death.Based on the evidence,Gunther,being a seasoned investigator,correctly attributed the death to a sexual practice related to

Accepted Answer

A) asphyxiophiliA. 
B) nymphomania. 
C) scoptophilia. 
D) necrophilia.

Question 10

_____ refers to a sexual encounter involving three people.

Accepted Answer

A) Troika 
B) Troilism 
C) Tribadism 
D) Triumvirate

Question 11

George cannot have an erection and engage in sexual intercourse with his wife Mary unless she wears a special pair of red silk gloves.We would classify George's attraction and attachment to those gloves as an instance of

Accepted Answer

A) frottage. 
B) fetishism. 
C) voyeurism. 
D) zoophilia.

Question 12

_____ refers to sexual interaction that essentially involves a consensual exchange of power.

Accepted Answer

A) Dominance and submission 
B) Bondage and discipline 
C) Bondage and submission 
D) Dominance and discipline

Question 13

_____ typically involves the use of drugs to reduce sexual desire.

Accepted Answer

A) Cognitive therapy 
B) The AA-type twelve-step program 
C) Covert sensitization 
D) Hormonal treatment

Question 14

Someone who is sexually aroused by experiencing a "golden shower" has the paraphilia known as

Accepted Answer

A) zoophiliA. 
B) urophilia. 
C) necrophilia. 
D) saliromania.

Question 15

_____ refers to sexual contact with a dead person.

Accepted Answer

A) Zoophilia 
B) Necrophilia 
C) Urophilia 
D) Coprophilia

Question 16

From a sociological point of view,the dominance and submission subculture

Accepted Answer

A) is characterized by a social control over risk taking,which minimizes negative outcomes. 
B) often ends in serious injury because of the inherently risky nature of the actions involved. 
C) scripts primarily depict men in submissive roles and women in the dominating roles. 
D) follows a script that is kept a secret and hence results in a complete lack of real control over the situation for the passive person.

Question 17

Which of the following situations represents an instance where one has probably crossed the boundary into abnormal behavior?

Accepted Answer

A) The individual has no preference one way or another for his sexual partner to wear silk panties during sexual intercourse. 
B) The individual has a mild preference for his sexual partner to wear silk panties during sexual intercourse. 
C) The individual has a strong preference for his sexual partner to wear silk panties during sexual intercourse,but is able to have sexual intercourse even if she does not wear them. 
D) The individual must have his sexual partner wear silk panties during sexual intercourse or he cannot have sexual intercourse at all.

Question 18

Briefly explain some of the methods used to treat sexual variations.

Accepted Answer

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Question 19

Which of the following is true about the findings from a systematic review of controlled outcome evaluations of psychological and hormonal treatment programs?

Accepted Answer

A) The programs were least effective on rapists. 
B) The programs had no effect on exhibitionists. 
C) The programs were only effective when participation was voluntary. 
D) The programs had a significant measure of success with intrafamily child sex offenders.

Question 20

A desire to damage or soil a woman or her clothes or the image of a woman,such as a painting or statue is called _____.

Accepted Answer

A) necrophilia 
B) sexsomnia 
C) saliromania 
D) troilism

Exam 14: Variations in Sexual Behavior