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kaid0807 · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

Suppose that, in a research study, slides of nude women were shown to men at the same time they held or stroked white feathers. If these stimuli were paired enough times for the feathers alone to produce an erection, this would ____.

a. suggest that paraphilias are actually under the voluntary control of the individual
b. suggest that paraphilias are unrelated to preparedness
c. provide support for the biological perspective on paraphilias
d. provide support for a learning perspective of paraphilias

Question 2

Dr. Julius says to his exhibitionist patient, Your dreams tell us that, for you, fear of castration requires that you prove to others that you still have a penis by exposing yourself. Once you acknowledge and overcome that fear, your need to exhibit will disappear. Dr. Julius holds which viewpoint on the disorder?

a. psychodynamic
b. cognitive-behavioral
c. operant conditioning
d. humanistic-existential