Author Question: Mark was an exhibitionist, getting sexual gratification only from exposing his genitals to ... (Read 34 times)

LaDunn · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

Mark was an exhibitionist, getting sexual gratification only from exposing his genitals to unsuspecting women at bus stops. He went to Dr. Grind, a psychoanalyst, for treatment. What would Dr. Grind view as the cause of Mark's problem?

a) fixation at an immature stage and fear of heterosexual relationships
b) childhood experience in which he was caught masturbating and found the experience arousing
c) castration anxiety leading to extreme hatred of women
d) serious marital problems and religious prohibitions

Question 2

Several times a week Vince dresses and acts as a woman. He does not cross dress to get sexual gratification, but because he wishes he could be a woman. He does not want to have surgery or otherwise change his secondary sex characteristics.

What diagnosis would a psychologist suggest as the most appropriate one in this case?
a) exhibitionism
b) transvestism
c) transsexualism
d) a dressing fetish