Describe the four major environmental risk factors for paraphilic disorders
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- family variables may contribute to paraphilias, including hostile family behaviors, poor attachment, and aggressive sexual activity within the home
- paraphilias may come from learning experiences by associating a paraphilic object with masturbation and orgasm
- people with a paraphilias often have cognitive distortions to justify or rationalize their sexual behavior
- cultural factors such as how tolerant a culture is of a particular unusual sexual behavior, like cross- dressing, affects the likelihood of a paraphilic disorder being diagnosed
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a. Stimulus generalization b. Discrimination c. Dishabituation d. Negative reinforcement
Dr. Sharma says, "Suicide does not deserve to be studied separate and apart from depression because it is not a major cause of death in the United States. Also, we are at a point in time when there is decreased openness to talking about issues of death and dying, the meaning of suicide, and the right to take one's own life. Moreover, suicide is not classified in DSM-5 because most suicidal persons do not exhibit psychiatric symptoms." Which part of Dr. Sharma's statement is accurate?
a. Suicide is not classified in DSM-5. b. Most suicidal persons do not exhibit psychiatric symptoms c. Suicide does not deserve to be studied separate and apart from depression because it is not a major cause of death in the United States. d. We are at a point in time when there is decreased openness to talking about issues of death and dying, the meaning of suicide, and the right to take one's own life.
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Explain X-linked inheritance and how it affects both males and females
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