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VARIATIONS IN SEXUAL BEHAVIOR TEST ASSESSMENTFINAL EXAM
Student: ___________________________________________________________________________
1. "An abnormal sexual behavior is one that is rare, or not practiced by many people." This is a _____
definition of abnormal sexual behavior.
A. statistical
B. psychological
C. sociological
D. religious
2. Discomfort, inefficiency, and bizarreness are criteria of which 1966 definition of abnormality? A.
Psychological
B. Anthropological
C. Sociological
D. Statistical
3. In defining "abnormal" according to the _____ approach, the problem of culture dependence is explicitly
acknowledged.
A. psychological
B. anthropological
C. sociological
D. statistical
4. Homosexuality is considered "abnormal" and a crime in many cultures. This definition of abnormal
sexual behavior is consistent with the: A. sociological approach.
B. psychological approach.
C. statistical approach.
D. medical approach.
5. According to the medical approach to defining abnormal sexual behavior, sexual behavior can be
considered abnormal and paraphilia can be diagnosed if:
A. most or all of one's sexual urges are directed toward humans.
B. the behaviors involve children or other non-consenting persons.
C. one's sexual urges involve little or no suffering and/or humiliation of one's self or partner.
D. the fantasies, urges, or behaviors have occurred over a period of less than six months.
6. Normal sexual behavior and abnormal sexual behavior are: A. two overlapping categories.
B. two separate categories.
C. gradations on a continuum.
D. impossible to differentiate.
7. For this question, you are a young male in your early 20s. You have the impulse to touch female hair.
When it happens, you feel intensely excited, have an erection, and ejaculate without touching the girl in
any way, except by holding the hair. By various means you manage to cut a girl's hair and can then repeat
the whole sensuous process in the privacy of your home. This turns out to be the only way you can
achieve sexual satisfaction. An objective observer would classify you as being a: A. soft media
fetishist.
B. form fetishist.
C. voyeur.
D. hard media fetishist.
,8. Which of the following people could be described as having a hard media fetish? A. George, who
can never have sex with his wife unless the TV is on in the background
B. Jason, who is incapable of having an orgasm unless his partner is wearing garters
C. Jacob, who is incapable of feeling sexually aroused unless he can smell leather
D. Saul, who refuses to engage in sexual activity unless his partner poses nude in combat boots
9. Hard media fetishes may often be associated with: A. voyeurism.
B. exhibitionism.
C. zoophilia.
D. sadomasochism.
10. An individual who is sexually fixated on fur has a _____ fetish.
A. zoophilia
B. quasi-bestiality
C. soft form
D. soft media
11. When we examine paraphilias, one of the questions we have to consider is "What is abnormal behavior?"
Which of the following situations represents a situation where one has probably crossed the boundary
into abnormal behavior?
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.
CThe 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.
12. Let's say that a man regularly obtains women's dirty panties from laundromats. He masturbates with them
and then saves the panties. This is an example of: A. average middle-class sexual behavior.
B. a fetish.
C. masochism.
D. scoptophilia.
13. Casper enjoys frequent sex with his wife, Monica. Although Casper easily becomes aroused and orgasms
through coitus, this happens only when Monica wears a red thong and smokes a cigar during their sexual
interactions. Casper would be classified as a: A. zoophiliac.
B. pyromaniac.
C. voyeur.
D. fetishist.
14. When Herman was little, he found that he was able to become highly sexually aroused when he used his
older sister's newly worn pantyhose in masturbation. When Herman grew into a young man, he found that
he was able to achieve sexual satisfaction only when he had access to freshly worn pantyhose. This is an
example of:
A. frottage.
B. female impersonation.
C. transvestism.
D. a fetish.
15. George is unable to carry out sexual intercourse with his wife Mary unless she wears special long red silk
gloves. We would classify George's attraction and attachment to those gloves as: A. a strong feeling
about the color red.
B. a fetish.
C. quasi-bestiality.
, D. zoophilia.
16. In a _____ fetish, the object and its shape are important.
A. hard media
B. soft media
C. substance
D. form
17. Let's say that Jack Smith has a shoe fetish. He requires that the shoes he uses for sexual arousal be leather
boots, especially well-worn and smelly hiking boots of female college students. His fetish is a _____
fetish. A. media
B. soft
C. form
D. transsexual
18. The man featured in Richard von Krafft-Ebing's case history of a shoe fetishist, can also be described as
having a:
A. form fetish.
B. soft media fetish.
C. hard media fetish.
D. media fetish.
19. For the man featured in Richard von Krafft-Ebing's case history of a shoe fetishist, which of these phrases
most accurately describes the strength of his attraction for shoes before treatment?
A. A mild preference
B. A strong distaste
C. A strong preference
D. A necessity for arousal
20. The case of the shoe fetishist from Richard von Krafft-Ebing's book demonstrates that fetishism usually
develops:
A. early in life.
B. in the college years.
C. in early adulthood.
D. in middle age.
21. According to _____, fetishes result from classical conditioning in which an association is made between
the fetish object and sexual arousal.
A. cognitive theory
B. the sexual addiction model
C. learning theory
D. psychoanalytic theory
22. Who among the following might describe an attachment to a fetish object as resulting from distorted
perceptions and misinterpreted feelings?
A. A learning theorist
B. A cognitive theorist
C. A role theorist
D. A script theorist
23. A male who engages in cross-dressing as part of his job is called: A. a drag queen.
B. a female
impersonator.
, C. a transvestite.
D. a
transsexual.
24. Transvestic fetishism specifically refers to:
A. a heterosexual male who dresses in female clothing to produce or enhance sexual arousal.
B. a homosexual man dressed as a drag queen.
C. a female impersonator.
D. a lesbian woman who dresses as a drag king.
25. Kurt is a successful ad executive for a computer company. He is 32, married, and the father of two
children. When Kurt's wife is not home, he puts on her stockings, garter belt, bra, skirt, blouse, and heels.
While dressing he becomes sexually excited and proceeds to masturbate. Which of the following
descriptions best fits Kurt?
A. Female impersonator
B. Drag queen
C. Transsexual
D. Transvestic fetishist
26. Most transvestites are: A. female.
B. male.
C. female and males about equally.
D. there are no patterns by gender.
27. Most transvestites are male: A. heterosexuals.
B. homosexuals.
C. bisexuals.
D. of all sexual orientations equally.
28. A suggested explanation why almost all transvestites are males is: A. that sex that is not normal is
more fun for males than for females.
B. because of their desire for an intimate sexual relationship.
C. unrelated to evolutionary selection.
D. most sexual variations are primarily practiced by men.
29. The behavior most likely to be classified as a "victimless" crime would be: A. transvestism.
B. voyeurism.
C. exhibitionism.
D. frotteurism.
30. The use of physically restraining devices or psychologically restraining commands as a central aspect of
sexual interactions is known as: A. dominance and submission.
B. bondage and discipline.
C. bondage and submission.
D. dominance and discipline.
31. _____ refers to sexual interaction that involves a consensual exchange of power.
A. Dominance and submission
B. Bondage and discipline
C. Bondage and submission
D. Dominance and discipline
32. George, a happily married man with three children, is the CEO of a successful corporation. After a hard
week of work, George likes to stop at a local "friend's" place of work, where he is spanked, tied to a wall,
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