Psychiatry - Human Sexuality & Reproductive Issues

Human sexual ecology

What refers to the total human environment that includes physical, psychic, social, cultural, and spiritual aspects?

Sexual energy crisis

What term describes the imbalance caused by too much focus on physical sexuality?

Hypersacralization of sex

What extremist view considers sex too sacred to discuss openly?

Trivialization of sex

What extremist view reduces sex to mere bodily pleasure?

Psychic and spiritual selves

What dimension should be recognized to resolve confusion about sexual identity?

False

T/F: Human sexual ecology only involves physical and social factors.

True

T/F: Trivialization of sex focuses on body pleasure without emotional connection.

False

T/F: Recognizing the psychic self is irrelevant in human sexuality.

False

T/F: Sexuality should only be about coital acts.

True

T/F: Hypersacralization of sex makes discussions about sex difficult.

Normal human sexuality

What is described as feelings of desire and behaviors bringing pleasure without guilt or anxiety?

Sacrament of matrimony

What sacrament should ideally be received before sexual intercourse to avoid inappropriate guilt?

Compulsiveness

What should normal human sexuality avoid aside from guilt and anxiety?

Mutual stimulation of primary sex organs

What is essential for a pleasurable sexual relationship in marriage?

Inappropriate guilt and anxiety

What must be absent for sexuality to be considered normal according to the module?

False

T/F: Normal sexuality includes compulsive sexual behavior.

True

T/F: Coitus is considered a natural part of normal human sexuality.

False

T/F: Married couples should feel guilt during intercourse.

False

T/F: Primary sex organs play no role in normal sexuality.

True

T/F: Sexuality must be associated with mutual pleasure between partners.

Sexuality

What term refers to the holistic way humans relate to themselves and others sexually and spiritually?

Genitality

What term specifically refers to sharing the gift of life through childbearing?

Coitality

What is the personal power to engage in sexual intercourse with another?

Sexuality

Which form of communication includes physical, psychic, and spiritual sharing?

Genitality

Which form focuses on the biological act of creating life?

False

T/F: Coitality is purely emotional interaction without physical activity.

True

T/F: Sexuality is more holistic than genitality and coitality.

False

T/F: Genitality focuses on sharing oneself spiritually.

True

T/F: Coitality includes sperm and egg union to create life.

True

T/F: Sexuality includes sharing love with oneself and others.

Sexual Identity

What is based on anatomy and biological differences such as chromosomes and gonads?

Gender Identity

What term describes an individual's psychological experience of being male or female?

Gender dysphoria

What may result if gender identity is incongruent with biological sex?

Testosterone

What hormone is primarily involved in male sexual identity development?

6 years old

At what age does gender identity usually solidify?

True

T/F: Sexual identity is determined by chromosomes like XX and XY.

False

T/F: Gender dysphoria is when physical and psychological gender match perfectly.

True

T/F: Gender identity starts forming around 2 to 3 years old.

True

T/F: Incongruent gender identity may lead to sex change requests.

False

T/F: Gender identity is only influenced by biology, not environment.

Gender role

What stresses the behaviors and traits appropriate to being male or female?

Preschool stage

What stage of development defines gender role from 3-6 years of age?

Oedipal and Electra complexes

What psychological complexes must be resolved to form proper gender roles?

Role models and upbringing

Gender roles are mainly learned from which influences?

Identifying with the parent of the same sex

What is the expected gender identification outcome after preschool years?

False

T/F: Gender roles are biologically predetermined and unchangeable.

True

T/F: Preschoolers learn gender roles through play and observation.

True

T/F: Failure to resolve the Oedipal complex may confuse gender roles.

False

T/F: Gender role formation is influenced only by genetics.

True

T/F: Boys are expected to identify with their fathers after resolving the Oedipal complex.

Sexual Orientation

What term refers to the object of a person’s sexual desires and urges?

Bisexual

What orientation describes attraction to both sexes?

Asexual

What orientation describes no sexual attraction to anyone?

Erotic Fantasies

What kind of fantasies indicate subjective sexual orientation?

Adolescence

At what stage of life does sexual orientation exploration become prominent?

False

T/F: Homosexuality refers to attraction to the opposite sex.

False

T/F: Asexual individuals are attracted to both sexes.

True

T/F: Subjective and objective sexual orientation can be different.

True

T/F: Adolescence is when sexual orientation typically becomes more certain.

False

T/F: Pansexuality means attraction to one specific sex only.

12 weeks

At what prenatal stage can external genitalia be identified by ultrasound?

Sublimation

What term describes sexual drives being redirected toward school achievement in childhood?

2-3 years old

At what age do toddlers become aware of their gender?

Oedipal/Electra complex

What concept must preschoolers resolve to develop healthy gender identity?

Preschool phase

What phase involves playing roles like "house" or "doctor" related to gender exploration?

True

T/F: Infants experience pleasure through sensual experiences like cuddling.

True

T/F: Toddlers can already differentiate males from females by physical traits.

False

T/F: Masturbation in preschoolers is usually malicious.

False

T/F: Sexuality becomes a private issue only after adolescence.

True

T/F: School-age children have decreased sexual curiosity during the latency period.

20-40 years

At what age range is early adulthood typically defined?

Menopause (for women)

What major life event characterizes middle adulthood?

Midlife crisis

What common crisis happens during middle adulthood?

50-60 years old

By what age do most women experience menopause?

Intimacy vs Isolation

What psychosocial conflict is expected to resolve by early adulthood according to Freud?

False

T/F: Sexual activity ceases completely after menopause.

True

T/F: Men's sexual drive peaks in their early twenties.

True

T/F: Both sexes can still masturbate in adulthood to supplement marital coitus.

False

T/F: Middle adulthood is associated with increased sexual interest.

True

T/F: Sexual interest can still persist into late adulthood if health is maintained.

Reproductive senescence

What term describes age-related decline in reproductive capacity?

Perinatal death

What term refers to death from the 20th week of pregnancy up to the first month after birth?

Grief or trauma

What common emotional reaction follows perinatal death for parents?

Adoption

What alternative option is available for couples unable to conceive?

Madonna complex

What syndrome may cause a husband to avoid coital union during the wife's pregnancy?

False

T/F: Teen pregnancies are risk-free if the mother is healthy.

True

T/F: Men may feel frustrated and angry due to infertility.

False

T/F: Mothers always feel guilty after an induced abortion.

True

T/F: Adoption should be discussed early with the adopted child.

False

T/F: Sexuality and pregnancy have no emotional impact on the relationship.

Psychic

Could include the psychological, which in a way refers to mental, intellectual, and emotional

Spiritual

Refers to one's religious beliefs or moral and ethical values

Coital Union

Only one obvious form of expressing sexuality physically. One form of one specific kind of sexual intercourse. Sharing one’s genital or generative life with a person of the opposite sex. There is a sharing of sperm from the male and egg from the female, from which life is created

Incongruent Gender Identity

May lead to wishes of becoming the opposite sex, as in gender dysphoria. Can lead to a request for a sex change operation later on