PSYCH257 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Voyeurism, Sildenafil, Relationship Counseling

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH257
• Professor: David Moscovitch

Document Summary

Ho(cid:449) do (cid:449)e k(cid:374)o(cid:449) (cid:449)hat is (cid:862)(cid:374)or(cid:373)al(cid:863) (cid:448)s. (cid:862)a(cid:271)(cid:374)or(cid:373)al(cid:863) se(cid:454)ual (cid:271)eha(cid:448)iour: normative facts and statistics collected via confidential surveys, what do specific cultures believe about sex, normativity is relative. F: more focus on passion, romance, interconnection. M: more focus on power, physicality, independence. History of sexual behaviour (alone, with others), interests, arousal, fantasies, preferences, traumatic experiences, difficulties, etc. Medical examination by physician: to determine potential coexisting medical conditions that may be associated with sexual dysfunction. Psychophysiological evaluation, if appropriate: exposure to erotic material to determine extent and pattern of physiological and subjective sexual arousal. Occur in both same-sex and opposite-sex relationships. Men and women experience parallel versions of most dysfunctions. Most people suffer from more than one dysfunction concurrently. Note: 40% of men and 63% of women in healthy, happy sexual relationships report occasional dysfunctions of arousal or orgasm (frank et. al, 1978)