PSYCH101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Human Sexual Response Cycle, Human Sexual Activity, Kinsey Reports

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH101
• Professor: Paul Wehr

Document Summary

Know the key terminology associated with sexual motivation. Understand the similarities and differences in sexual responses in men and women. Sex libido: the motivation for sexual activity and pleasure. Our motivations are shaped by physiological, psychological, and social factors, and these factors interact with each other differently in different people. Sex frequently occurs without an end goal of reproduction. Kinsey reports: pair of books by alfred kinsey that contained his ndings after interviewing thousands of students about their sexual histories: studies opened up further opportunities for current researchers to nd out what motivates human sexual behaviour. Factors underlying sexual motivation include: physical: related to the pleasure of sex itself, personal: to achieve a goal ( nancial, personal gain, revenge, etc. , social: emotional reasons or because of feelings of insecurity. Our physiological and psychological motives for having sex are not separate: sexual arousal can in uence what we pay attention to and how we respond to it.