PSYC 1200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Human Sexual Response Cycle, Kinsey Scale, Orgasm
2 Feb 2017
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Libido - the motivation for sexual activity and pleasure. Humans have sex without the end goal of reproduction: but not weird, we eat and drink when we are not hungry or thirsty, but non reproductive sex is rare in non human species. Among humans, expressions of sexual motivation are vast and diverse: so many reasons to have sex. Kinsley - first scientist to study human sex. 37% of males have a homosexual encounter, females was 13: back in the old days, found that homosexuality and heterosexuality are the two extremes of a sexual orientation continuum. Questionnaire method of studying human sexual motivation continued after kinsley. Does(cid:374)"t take i(cid:374)to accou(cid:374)t the older ge(cid:374)eratio(cid:374)s. Physiological and psychological motives for having sex are not separate: sexual arousal can influence what we pay attention to and how we respond to it. Masters and johnson came up with the sexual response cycle.
