PSYC 211 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Luteal Phase, Ovulation, Estrous Cycle

• School: McGill University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 211
• Professor: Gary Brouhard

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This is an organizational effect (effect on brain and body), set for life, from the start. testosterone (cid:523)masculinizing effect(cid:524). In many species, the role of females in sex is just to assume a position, called: changes in progesterone levels are less pronounced in humans and sexually desirable behaviours. An estrogen is a class of sex hormones that cause female body parts and features to develop: what are the activational effects of sex hormones in men, men resemble other mammals in their behavioural responsiveness to testosterone. They physically can"t not they don"t want to copulate again for longer. male that has apparently become (cid:498)exhausted(cid:499) by sexual activity. We can even cause polygamous voles to act monogamous by inserting oxytocin receptors into their brains! Once rats are sensitized, will care for pups whenever seeing them (lasts for a lifetime). In other species, males can be aggressive with pups that are not their own!