Psy332cExam2-Set7 (#7)
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chambsal11 on October 18, 2011
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What controls male sexual behavior? How does it compare to female sexual behavior?
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 What controls male sexual behavior? | -Testosterone + stimuli. *testosterone works on sensory, integrative (memory), motor, and reward systems (see # 3). *Medial preoptic area controls both appetitive and copulatory behavior in males. |
| What controls female sexual behavior? | -Estradiol + progestin/progesterone+ stimuli. -estradiol binds to ER alpha, which induces progestin receptors in the hypothalamus. |
| absence of any of the above factors (in males or females) will... | ...result in a lack of sexual behavior |
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