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ts19998

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Andy is a transsexual who has been accepted for sex reassignment surgery. What is likely to happen in the 1 to 2 years he will wait for the surgery?
 
  a) He will be given hormone injections to alter secondary sex characteristics.
   b) He will undergo covert sensitization in insure that he really wants to change his sex organs.
   c) He will undergo psychoanalytic treatment in order to align his unconscious with the changes that will take place.
   d) He will have his chromosomes checked to insure that he has not suffered damage from all of the testing required prior to being accepted for surgery.

Question 2

Which is a common component of psychological treatment of paraphilias?
 
  a) support groups modeled on alcoholics anonymous
  b) challenging distorted beliefs
  c) reinforcing appropriate sex
  d) exercise and diet to reduce urges



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Answer to Question 1

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Answer to Question 2

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