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32 Cards in this Set
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Masters & Johnson's phases of the human sexual response cycle:
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1.) sexual excitement: a period of increasing arousal
2.) orgasm 3.) resolution |
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Vasocongestion
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The engorgement of the blood vessels of various organs, especially the genitals, that occurs during sexual arousal.
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Orgasm
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A sudden release of tension that is almost always experienced as being intensely pleasurable.
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Sexual dysfunctions
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Inhibitions of sexual desire and interference with the physiological responses leading to orgasm.
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Hypoactive sexual desire
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A disorder classified by a lack of sexual fantasies and lack of interest in sexual experiences.
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Sexual aversion disorder
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A disorder classified by a fear of sexual encounters that has reached intense proportions.
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Erectile dysfunction
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Difficulties that men experience, either in obtaining an erection that is sufficient enough to accomplish intercourse or maintaining an erection long enough to satisfy themselves and their partners during intercourse.
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Female sexual arousal disorder
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Impaired sexual arousal in females that occurs when she cannot either achieve or maintain genital responses, such as lubrication and swelling, that are necessary to complete sexual intercourse.
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Premature ejaculation
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A condition in which men are unable to prolong the period of sexual excitement long enough to complete intercourse.
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Orgasmic disorder
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Disorders related to achieving orgasm, in both men and women.
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Generalized orgasmic impairment (in women)
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A term describing a disorder in which a woman has never experienced orgasm by any means.
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Situational orgasmic impairment (in women)
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A term describing a disorder in which a woman is able to reach orgasm in some situations, but not in others.
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Dyspareunia
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Persistent genital pain experienced by some people during or after sexual intercourse (much more common in women).
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Vaginismus
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A disorder in which an involuntary muscular spasm prevents sexual intercourse as well as other activities, such as the insertion of tampons or vaginal examinations.
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Excessive sexual desire
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A disorder NOT listed in the DSM-IV-TR, but described in the ICD-10; symptoms include such behaviors as seeking new sexual encounters out of boredom with old ones, frequent use of pornography, and legal problems resulting from sexual behaviors.
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Sensate focus
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Masters & Johnson's cornerstone of sex therapy; a series of simple exercise in which a couple spends time in a relaxed, quiet setting, learning to touch each other.
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Paraphilias
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A state of sexual arousal associated with unusual things and situations, such as inanimate objects, sexual contact with children, exhibiting their genitals to strangers, or inflicting pain on another person.
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Fetishism
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The association of sexual arousal with nonliving objects (most commonly involving women's underwear, shoes and boots, rubber, or leather).
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Transvestic fetishism
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Cross-dressing for the purpose of sexual arousal (generally a fetish held by straight, rather than gay, men).
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Drag queens
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Cross-dressing by gay men, different from transvestic fetishism.
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Sexual masochism
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Recurrent, intense sexually arousing fantasies, urges, or impulses involving being humiliated, beaten, bound, or otherwise made to suffer.
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Sexual sadism
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Intense, sexually arousing fantasies, urges, or behaviors that involve the psychological or physical suffering of a victim. Often, these fantasies involve asserting dominance over another individual.
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Exhibitionism
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A disorder where, over a period of at least six months, an individual experiences recurrent, intense sexually arousing fantasies, sexual urges, or behaviors involving exposure of one's genitals to an unsuspecting stranger.
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Voyeurism
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A disorder where the focus is the act of observing an unsuspecting person, usually a stranger, who is naked, in the process of disrobing, or engaging in sexual activity.
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Frotteurism
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A fetish in which a person who is fully clothed becomes sexually aroused by touching or rubbing his genitals against other, non-consenting people.
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Pedophilia
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A fetish entailing recurrent, intense, sexually arousing fantasies, sexual urges, or behaviors involving sexual activity with a prepubescent child (generally age 13 years or younger).
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Incest
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A term referring to sexual activity between close blood relatives, such as father-daughter, mother-son, or between siblings.
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Rape
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Acts involving non-consensual sexual penetration obtained by physical force, by threat of bodily harm, or when the victim is incapable of giving consent by virtue of mental illness, mental retardation, or intoxication.
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Gender identity
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Our sense of ourselves as being either male or female.
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Gender identity disorder
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A sense of discomfort and the feeling that one's anatomy and their gender identity do not match up.
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Pseudohermaphroditism
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A condition in which genetically male individuals are unable to produce a hormone responsible for shaping the penis and scrotum in the fetus, resulting in the child being born with ambiguous genitalia.
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Sex-reassignment surgery
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An elective surgical procedure in which a persons genitals are changed to math their gender identity.
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