Human sex T4
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 vaginal & clitoral orgasm | Masters & Johnson concluded no physiologically difference between |
| Masters & Johnson focused entirley | on physiological response, ignoring emotional feelings |
| Masters & Johnson excluded | anyone whose sexual response didn't include orgasm |
| Whalen & Roth approach to psychology to human sexuality | perception, evaluation, sexual behavior |
| percetion | the perception of a stimulus as sexual |
| evaluation | if the stimulus is positive, it leads to arousal; if not, the arousal cycle stops |
| sexual behavior | results from a positive evaluation |
| erection and ejaculation | controlled by fairly simple spinal cord reflexes |
| retrograde ejaculation | ejaculation emties into the bladder rather than going out through the tip of the penis |
| grafenderg spot | G-spot, female prostate, or skenes glands |
| limbic system | structures that form aa border between the central part of the brain and the outer part, activated in healthy men by watching erotic films |
| testosterone | well- documented effects on libido in humans |
| pheromones | biochemicals that are secreted outside the body |
| arousal two types | periphera, central |
| periphera arousal | senses of the body to allow arousal/ male its more general (touch, smell, sights, sounds) |
| central arousal | more brain / female its more general (thoughts, perception, fantasy) |
| poor communication | not communication, unhappy couples |
| attachment | psychological bonds between an infant and the mother, father, or other caregiver |
| socio economic | lower income more likely to have premarital sex |
| serial monogamy | in a relationship, the partners are monogamous; relationship ends, partners move on to another partner |
| adolescence | crisis between identity and role confusion |
| young adulthood | crisis between intimacy and isolation |
| equity theory | people mentaly calculate the benefits and costs for them in a relationship |
| cyberaffair | romantic or sexual relationship initiated by online contact, maintained primarily via online communication |
| intentional family | three or more persons |
| group relationship | three or more partners in committed, loving relationships |
| group marriage | three or more persons |
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