Human Sexuality Final Exam Flashcards

Vocabulary flashcards for the Human Sexuality Final Exam

Intake

Best time to approach sex with an older couple

After building rapport

Best time to approach sex with an older individual

Sexual Orientation

An inherent or immutable enduring emotional, romantic or sexual attraction to other people.

Gender Identity

One's innermost concept of self as male, female, a blend of both or neither - how individuals perceive themselves and what they call themselves.

Sex

Assigned status as male or female, based on biological, genetic, and anatomical characteristics.

Genetic Sex

Chromosomal (e.g., XX or XY) and hormonal (e.g. estrogen/testosterone) sex characteristics.

Anatomical Sex

Physical structure of reproductive organs (e.g., vagina/penis).

Gender

Subjective experience of characteristics and behaviors associated with sex.

Cisgender

Gender identity is aligned with biological sex assigned at birth.

Gender Roles

Attitudes, behaviors, rights, and responsibilities that particular groups associate with assumed or assigned sex.

Gender Diverse

Expansive experience that exists outside of the dominant binary view of gender, without assigning an identity label.

Non-binary

An adjective describing a person who does not identify exclusively as a man or a woman.

Gender non-conforming

A broad term referring to people who do not behave in a way that conforms to the traditional expectations of their gender.

Gender affirming care

The process by which some people strive to more closely align their internal knowledge of gender with its outward appearance. Some people socially transition, whereby they might begin dressing, using names and pronouns and/or be socially recognized as another gender.

Intersex

People born with a variety of differences in their sex traits and reproductive anatomy.

Gender Expression

External appearance of one's gender identity, usually expressed through behavior, clothing, body characteristics or voice, and which may or may not conform to socially defined behaviors and characteristics typically associated with being either masculine or feminine.

Transgender

An umbrella term for people whose gender identity and/or expression is different from cultural expectations based on the sex they were assigned at birth.

Gender Dysphoria

Clinically significant distress caused when a person's assigned sex at birth is not the same as the one with which they identify.

Minority stress

Type of stress which contributes to poorer mental and physical health and treatment outcomes for sexual minorities.

Cognitive development theory

Gender develops in a stage-like manner during childhood.

Cognitive social learning theory

Considers how the mutual influences of the individual, the environment, and psychosocial dynamics shape learning.

Social construction theory

No inherent truth to gender; it is constructed by social expectations and gender performance.

Queer Theory

Dismantles traditional assumptions about gender and sexual identities and broadly challenges traditional institutional views of gender and heteronormativity.

Gender Affirmative Model

1. Gender variations are not disorders. 2. Gender presentations are diverse and varied across cultures, requiring cultural sensitivity. 3. Gender involves an intertwining of biology, development and socialization, and culture and context. 4. Gender may be fluid; it is not always binary. 5. If present, behavioral health concerns are often secondary to negative interpersonal and cultural reactions.

anxious attachment

Displays behaviors that they believe bring security (clingy).

secure attachment

Displays healthy behaviors, fulfilling needs.

avoidant attachment

Display behaviors that are distrustful of others (independent).

Five love languages

Words of affirmation, Quality time, Receiving gifts, Acts of service, Physical touch.

common sources of conflict

How partners use their leisure time, Differing rhythms, Differences in one another's need or lack of need for order, Varying need for emotional closeness or distance.

goal in creating new interaction patterns

Assertively communicate about issues - talking issues through resolution.

interventions to address intimacy

scheduling time for sex, engaging activities that have created intimacy previously, engaging in new activities both inside & outside the bedroom, erotic exploration, use five love languages to encourage communication

Good enough sex model

sex can provide comfort, intimacy, and pleasure, aware that sexual experiences will vary, communicate openly about body changes and in sexual connection, encourage sex equity

Optimal sexuality model

being present, authenticity, intense emotional connection, sexual & erotic intimacy, communication, transcendence

consensual non-monogamy

relationship in which all partners give consent to engage in romantic, intimate, and sexual relationships with other people

Seeker bonding type

embodies the spirit of adventure, freedom, and a desire to explore new horizons without being tied down to one person (polyamory, polycule)

Island bonding type

symbolizes independence, self-reliance, and standing alone, capturing the essence of solitude and autonomy (may avoid emotional and physical commitments, solo polyamory)

Yacht bonding type

represents the desire to explore the seas with all the amenities of home, embodying the balance between adventure and stability (may be polyamorous; have an open relationship; monogamish; or swinging)

Anchor bonding type

symbolizes stability, grounding, and a steady committed relationship (routine, reliable, resistant to change, may have limited spontaneity, monogamy)

4 types of IPV

physical, sexual, stalking, psychological aggression

HITS (hits, insults, threaten, scream)

4 questions that ask how frequently a partner hits, insults, threatens, or screams. A score of 10 or higher indicates a DV/IPV relationship

WAST (Woman Abuse Screening Tool)

8 questions explore the relationship, how arguments are worked out and if they result in getting hit, kicked, pushed, or feeling frightened, also explores emotional, physical, sexual abuse through a likert scale.

ALLOW Framework

Ask the client about their sexual concerns, Legitimize client's concerns through normalization, Assess for limitations in working with sexuality and disability, Convey openness to further discuss sexual functioning, Work with the client and empower them

Disability-Affirmative Therapy

Empowerment and acknowledgment of social marginalization and environmental barriers, Appreciation of the dynamic nature of disability, Consideration of medical realities of persons with disabilities and recognition of personal coping strategies, Provision of a therapeutic environment that provides affirmative goal setting, an integrated view of the self and encapsulates the values of flexibility and creativity

Voyeuristic disorder

the act of observing nonconsenting individuals naked, undressing, or engaging in sexual activity

Exhibitionistic disorder

individual having recurrent, intense, sexual arousing fantasies or behaviors involving exposing one's genitals to another person without consent

Frotteuristic disorder

recurrent, intense, sexually arousing fantasies, sexual urges, or sexual arousal from touching or rubbing against a nonconsenting person

Masochism disorder

individual deriving sexual excitement from physical or psychological suffering inflicted on them

Sexual sadism disorder

individual deriving sexual excitement from the physical or psychological suffering of another person

Pedophilic disorder

described as an individual having recurrent, intense, sexually arousing fantasies, sexual urges, or behaviors involving sexual activity with children 13 years old or younger and being at least 16 years old

Fetishistic disorder

sexual interest in nonliving objects or a particular focus on non-genital body parts as indicated by fantasies, urges, or behaviors

Transvestic disorder

heterosexual man being aroused by the thought of himself as female and hence cross-dressing, or more rarely, a women cross-dressing as man

Cuckolding

watching one's partner engage in sexual intercourse with someone else

BDSM

bondage, discipline, and sadomasochism

Consensual non-consent

heavily negotiated roleplay that involves a person saying "no: being forced, or some other sort of verbal or physical resistance; form of sexual activity where partners agree to engage in scenarios where one partner might appear to be experiencing a lack of consent

Voyeurism

derive sexual pleasure from watching others engaging in sexual activities

Cock and ball torture

sexual play involving the pain or constriction to the male genitals

Role play

acting out roles to bring to life in a sexual fantasy

Golden showers

one person urinates on another person for sexual pleasure

Sploshing

smearing the body with foods of different tastes, temperatures, and textures in sexual play

Free use

the desire to be sexually used by a partner anytime, anywhere

Breeding

attracted by the idea of impregnation

Edging

sexual technique for delaying orgasm, by bringing yourself or your partner to the edge, and then cooling down before starting again

Tentacles

sexual interest in tentacles and real or fantasy creatures with them.

Rubber

attraction to people wearing latex clothing or wearing the garments themselves

Puppy play

sexual roleplay as a dog or handler

Aversion conditioning

pairing a deviant sexual urge with something unpleasant such as a foul odor, followed by pairing something pleasant to appropriate sexual stimuli

Risk/needs responsivity model

evaluate the person in terms of the risk they pose to others and then personalized treatment to best facilitate change

Good lives model

strength-based initiative that focuses on building healthy, prosocial lifestyles that are aligned with their own values and priorities and incompatible with harmful behaviors

Relapse prevention

aims at helping the client recognize high-risk situations in which they are likely to feel or act on inappropriate sexual urges and avoid those situations

Covert sensitization

pairing deviant sexual stimuli with negative imagery followed by paring positive imagery with appropriate sexual stimuli

Compulsive sexual behavior (ICD-11)

Persistent pattern of failure to control intense, repetitive sexual impulses or urges resulting in repetitive sexual behavior, behaviors become the focus of one's life to the exclusion of concerns regarding one's health, personal care, or responsibilities, behaviors continue despite adverse consequences or not deriving any satisfaction from conducting them

Dual control model

Theorizes that sexual behavior is regulated by influences of sexual excitation or sexual inhibition, CSB is viewed as occurring when excitatory factors outbalance the inhibitory factors

Sexual tipping point model

Theorizes that sexual behavior is caused by inhibitory versus arousing physiological, psychological, and social variables.

Four circle activity

Inner circle - list of compulsive behaviors, Middle circle - questionable behaviors that cause less problems but could lead to compulsive behaviors, Feelings circle - these are feelings that impact the person and will move them towards middle or inner circle behaviors, Outer circle - things the person can do to enhance their life and keep them engaged with other and in reality

4 Treatments for compulsive sexual behavior (CSB)

Dual control model, Sexual tipping point model, Four circle activity, Pharmacotherapy options

6 Principles of sexual health

consent, non exploitation, protection from HIV/STIs and unintended pregnancy, honesty, shared values, mutual pleasure