How Is Voyeurism Part of Normal Sexual Behaviour and When

question 34

Essay

How is voyeurism part of normal sexual behaviour and when does it become a sexual paraphilia that can be considered a problem?

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Definitions:

Rotated Stimuli

Refers to objects or images that have been turned around a central axis in experiments to test spatial orientation and perception abilities.

Figure-Ground Organization

A principle of perception that enables us to distinguish objects (figure) from their background (ground) based on factors like contrast and contour.

Bottom-Up Processing

An approach in perception where processing starts with the sensory input and works its way up to the formation of a perception without preconceived knowledge.

Size Constancy

The phenomenon that one’s perception of an object remains constant even as the retinal image of the object changes size (e.g., because the object has moved closer to or farther away from the perceiver).