PSYC 172 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Piggy Bank, Strain Gauge, Hypersexuality
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Could be genetic inheritable trait: 18. 5% of paraphilics who are also paraphilics. But not the entire story otherwise would be 100% Brain were different: much smaller in certain regions versus healthy controls. Brain damage if certain parts are damaged- there are changes in sexual expression: damage to-temporal lobe or areas in cerebral cortex, patients with alzheimer"s disease sometimes develop. Paraphilias may develop from extreme courtship disorders if you push them to the very extreme you see paraphilias: 1st stage: you find a person in bar and decide if attractive. 2nd stage: have to talk to them and build report non tactile. 3rd stage: tactile interactions, touching more than a friend would touch you. 4th stage: some sort of sexual genital stage: extreme ends of those behaviors (not within normal range but still in the process of courting) 2nd: exhibitionism, and even obsence phone calls. 4th: paraphilic rape: explains how individuals have multiple paraphilias on the courting behavior.
