PSY 473 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Sexual Arousal, Sexual Orientation, Sexual Attraction
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Alfred kinsey was the first to seriously consider the vast variety in how people experience and act upon their sexual desires. Sexual orientation : way in which people persue love, attachment, and meaningful social connections with people. Romantic attraction : feelings of infatuation, another person love, and emotional desire for. Sexual arousal : a physiological response to same or different sex people. Sexual attraction : fantasies, feeling of lust, and erotic desire for another person. Sexual behavior : the overt sexual in with another person interactions a person engages. Sexual identity : the way a person understands and labels his/her attraction to , and sexual interactions with other people. Sexual fluidity : idea that sexual attractions can change , and that people have the capacity to grow more/less attracted. A sexual orientation in which people lack sexual desire and sexual attraction, thereby reducing interest.
