Psychology: A Self-Teaching Guide

9. What term refers exclusively to female homosexual behavior?
   a. Gender identity disorder
   b. Transsexualism
   c. Lesbianism
   d. XX-oriented fetishism


10. What term does the psychologist Dorothy Tennov use to identify the distinc-
    tive pattern of thoughts and emotions associated with being in love?
    a. Conjugal love
    b. Limerence
    c. Idealization
    d. Transcendental ecstasy

ANSWERS TO THE SELF-TEST

1-d 2-a 3-c 4-c 5-b 6-d 7-a 8-b 9-c 10-b

ANSWERS TO THE TRUE-OR-FALSE PREVIEW QUIZ

1. True.


2. False. A sexual dysfunction mayhave a primarily biological basis or a primarily psycho-
   logical basis.


3. True.


4. False. Fetishism is characterized by the use of an inanimate object as a sexual stimulus.


5. False. The concept of romantic love is an outgrowth of the Middle Ages tradition of
   chivalry.

KEY TERMS

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bestiality

conjugal love

contempt

courtly love

criticism

defensiveness

dyspareunia

excitement

exhibitionism

female orgasmic disorder

female sexual arousal disorder

fetishism

Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

frigidity

gender identity disorder

homosexual behavior

hypoactive sexual desire disorder

idealization-frustration-demoralization

(IFD) syndrome

impotence