PSY 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Sexual Orientation, Sexual Maturity, Menopause

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 1101
• Professor: Najwa Haddad

Document Summary

Sexual motivation physiology: sexual response cycle, 1. What motivates sexual behavior: biological influences, sexual maturity, sex hormones, especially testosterone, sexual orientation, psychological influences, exposure to stimulating conditions, sexual fantasies, social-cultural influences, family and society values, religious and personal values, cultural expectations, media. Sexual dysfunctions: impair sexual arousal or functioning, often involved sexual motivation, include erectile disorder and premature ejaculation, males only, include female orgasmic disorder and female sexual interest/arousal disorder, sometimes involve paraphilia. Paraphilia: american psychological association (2013, only classifies people as disordered who experience sexual desires in different ways if, person experiences distress from unusual sexual interest or, it entails harm or risk of harm to others, ex. A si(cid:373)ple flu (cid:272)a(cid:374) kill the(cid:373) (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause their (cid:271)od(cid:455)"s i(cid:373)(cid:373)u(cid:374)e system will be too weak to fight it. Teenage pregnancy: influences on higher teen pregnancy rate, minimal communication about birth control, guilt related to sexual activity, alcohol use, mass media norms of unprotected promiscuity.