Jan has female orgasmic disorder. Her sex therapist discovers that during intercourse with partners, Jan is unable to enjoy the connection of the experience because she is so worried about whether her performance is "good enough" to please her partner. She is constantly evaluating his every response and using that to inform herself about how he might feel about her performance. Jan's experience

during intercourse illustrates the psychological risk factor for sexual dysfunction known as

a. sensate focus.
b. fear of failure.
c. the spectator role.
d. frotteurism.


c

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What are the five ways in which depictions of violence in the media contribute to violence?

What will be an ideal response?

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Dr. Marquette is a researcher who studies the encoding, storage, and retrieval of information throughout life. What approach to cognitive development does she take?

psychometric multidirectional postformal information-processing

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A. can have real and detrimental effects on a person's health and well-being. B. touches all types of research, from the social sciences to medical sciences. C. can erode public's confidence in scientific findings. D. All of the answers are correct.

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