Psychology 2075 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Dating Abuse, Sexting, Group Dating

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2075
• Professor: William Fisher

Document Summary

Chapter 10 sexuality and the life cycle: childhood and adolescence. It is facilitated by cuddling and other forms of physical contact: later, attachments form to other familiar people. Self-stimulation: generally, the progression is that, between 6-12 months, infants discover their genitals by. Knowledge about gender: by age 2-3, child know what gender they are this is the first step in developing a gender identity. Sexual knowledge and interests: children learn very early that male-female pairings are the norm = heteronormativity. Intertwined with this belief is the belief that boys and girls are very different from each other. Masturbation: according to kinsey data, there is a sharp increase in the incidence of masturbation for boys between the ages of 13 and 15. In a study in bc, asian students were significantly less likely to report having masturbated than were non-asian students. Same-sex sexual behavior: many youth engage in these behaviors as a trial, others have already formed a gay or.