PSY 3122 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Condom, Cervix, Female Ejaculation

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 3122
• Professor: Lisa Henry

Document Summary

Causal factors: genetics, hrt, virus, obesity, and smoking. Diagnoses: digital palpitation examination via rectum and blood testing. Human papilloma virus can lead to cervical cancer. Breast cancer: most frequently diagnosed cancer in canadian women. Prostate cancer: affecting men 60 years and over. Difficulty urinating, frequent urge to urinate, difficulty emptying bladder. Cancer of the testes: mostly in men 15-34. Painless lump in testes, slight enlargement or change in consistency of the testes, pain in lower abdomen/groin. Sexual response: term that we use to represent all psychophysiological changes that happen in the body when someone is sexually stimulated (mental, physical stimulation) Masters and johnson all relevant for exam. Model was based on 4 stages of sexual response: Two basic physiological processes that occur during these stages: Excitement: partial to full erection due to blood engorgement. Arteries become much larger to allow for more blood flow.