Summarize the contributions of the following scientists in advancing our understanding of sexuality from a scientific perspective:
Charles Darwin
Sigmund Freud
Havelock Ellis
Alfred Kinsey
Describe how the brain is involved with sexual activity.
Discuss some of the issues concerning the term sexual arousal from the perspectives of psychology, physiology, subjective experience, and gender differences.
Identify the four phases of the human sexual response defined by Masters and Johnson, as well as some of the different levels on which they can be described.
State the factors that distinguish temporary sexual problems from sexual dysfunction disorders.
Classify each of the sexual dysfunction disorders covered in this chapter in terms of four categories related to desire, arousal, orgasm, and pain.
Summarize the diagnostic criteria for each of the sexual dysfunction disorders and paraphilic disorders covered in this chapter.
Compare the similarities and differences between female sexual interest/arousal disorder and male hypoactive sexual desire disorder.
Define the two types of genito-pelvic pain/penetration disorder and the causes of each.
Identify the factors that assessment for therapy for sexual dysfunction disorders focused on and how they are important in successful treatment.
Know the factors that distinguish paraphilia from paraphilic disorders.
Assess why Exhibitionism should be treated seriously as a crime.
Evaluate the clinical definition of pedophilic disorder in terms of does require an actual sexual act with a child? And is anyone who performs a sexual act with a child a pedophile? Explain why or why not.
In terms of treatment approaches for paraphilic disorders overall, answer the following questions:
What are the three primary sources through which treatment is initiated?
What pharmacological approaches are used, and what aspects of the disorder do they target?
What psychotherapy approaches are used, and what aspects of the disorder do they target?
Define the following terms, and the relationships that exist among them
