PSYC 333 Chapter Notes - Chapter 15: Shoe Fetishism, Sexual Fantasy, Fetishism
12 Mar 2014
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Page 425-449, 25 pages page 1 of 12. This lacks insight into the psychological or social functioning of the person who engages in this behaviour: sociological approach: defining abnormality as something that violates the norms of society. Paraphilia is defined as recurring, unconventional sexual behaviour that is obsessive and compulsive. The normal-abnormal continuum: although distinctions between normal and. Abnormal are possible in theory, they are often difficult in reality: these are not separate categories, but gradations on a continuum. Page 425-449, 25 pages page 2 of 12. We should thus use the term compulsive sexual behaviour. Compulsive sexual behaviour: compulsive sexual behaviour: a disorder in which the person experiences intense sexually arousing fantasies, urges, and associated sexual behaviours that are intrusive, driven, and repetitive (an obsession). Some report that 30-78% of those who have sexual compulsivity have experienced sexual abuse: faulty beliefs involving denial and a distortion of reality are used to justify these compulsive behaviours.
