PSY327H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Condom, Sociosexual Orientation, Pluralistic Ignorance
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4 themes on why we have sex: emotional communication of love and commitment, physical physical attractiveness and physical pleasure, pragmatic attainment of a goal. Educated, hetero, willing to be studied in a lab: this study gender-neutral but ignores desire stage (roles of intimacy/emotional cues) Involves testosterone (more testos = more desire: varies by species and biological sex. Blood flow to genitals, pupil dilation, eye-tracking. Orgasm rhythmic contractions of genital and reprod organs: subjective. Orgasm height of pleasure, release of sexual tension: arousability (diamond 2003) The capacity to become aroused to sexual stimuli. Exposure to eliciting stimuli: ex// physical stimulation, erotic images, sexual thoughts, interpersonal exp, emotions. Responsitivity to these stimuli: ex// propensity for general and sexual sensation seeking, sensitivity to tactile stimuli, general sex drive. Men: strong correlation bw objective and subjective arousal, testos doesn"t predict sex drive beyond minimum threshold. Does for inds w/ low testos: men have higher sex drive.
