PSYCH 111 Chapter Notes - Chapter #21: Sexual Stimulation, Orgasm
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Original place of publication: boston: questions addressed in original study: (list the 2 5 most important questions addressed in the original study) Can sexual problems with women be overcome with similar treatment as men"s sexual problems: findings of original study: (list the 2 5 most important findings of the original study) Human sexual response is divided into four stages: excitement, plateau, orgasm and resolution. Each of these stages have different responses for men and women. Penile size is a minor factor in sexual stimulation for women. Men experience a refractory period which means they are not capable of experiencing multiple orgasms unlike women: extensions of original study (list the 2 5 most important advances made by subsequent research in this area) Bancroft"s study in 2003 examines women"s sexual problems and whether or not it can be viewed similar to men"s sexual problems and if treatments for those men would be helpful to women.