PSYC 2400 Lecture 12: Unit 12
2 Jan 2019
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Exercise 1 post it on the forum. Rape trauma syndrome (burgess and holstrom, 1974: acute crisis phase first few weeks after, symptoms are severe, very anxious, things are very hypervigilant, long term reaction phase. Ptsd (apa, 2013: intrusive thoughts, nightmares, hypervigilance. Rapist rapes someone over the age of 16. Their goal is to degrade, demean the individual. Groth typology (1979: anger rapist angry towards women, power rapist goal is to be demeaning and degrading towards the individual, sadistic rapist sexually gratified by harming other people. 30-50% of child sexual abuse they seem to be aiming to younger victims. Factors in offending (meta-analysis, seto & lalumiere, 2010): history of sexual abuse, exposure to sex or pornography, atypical interests. Penile plethysmograph: measure the circumference in the p. Vaginal plethysmograph: measures the blood flow to the v, it shines light (the brighter the light, the more aroused)
