For the Past Several Years, Jeremy Has Felt the Need

question 105

Multiple Choice

For the past several years, Jeremy has felt the need to run feathers over his partner's body in order to become sexually aroused. Jeremy would likely receive a DSM-IV diagnosis of

• A) gender identity disorder.
• B) fetishism.
• C) partialism.
• D) sexual sadism.
• E) frotteurism.

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Definitions:

Sex Differences

Variations between males and females that can be biological or psychological, influencing physiology, behavior, and cognitive functions.

Cognition

Act or process of knowing or coming to know; in psychology, refers to thought processes; in behavioral neuroscience, refers to identification and planned response to stimuli.

Left Parietal Lobe

An area of the brain that plays a key role in processing sensory information from various parts of the body, spatial orientation, and navigation.

Right Parietal Lobe

An area of the brain that processes sensory information regarding the spatial orientation, navigation, and manipulation of objects.