PSYC 1002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Display Rules, Sympathetic Nervous System, Procrastination
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Sex: according to most studies, males seem to spend a lot more of every single day thinking about sex, more than females do. These studies are done through surveys, when we do that, there is a tendency for us to lie. One is going up through excitement, have a plateau period followed by an orgasm, then a resolution stage. Another king is described by going through an excitement phase, and staying in plateau. A third pattern shows an extreme and steep drive to excitement followed by orgasm and a steep resolution. This suggests that males have evolved to have an attitude that says it makes sense to want many partners: female behaviour is different. They have a risk when they engage in sexual activity (they may get pregnant). This causes women to have a different opinion, it would make sense to look for a partner that is willing to stick around.
