PSY354H5 Lecture 1: Lecture 1- PSY354
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Sex : one of the important fundamental of behaviour that all animals share. Lecture 1 : the biopsychology of sex: fighting, fleeing, fornicating, Why study human sexuality : understanding structure and function of your anatomy and those of your partner, learning how science communicate on sexual topics, how sexuality linked to brain, body and behaviour. Meaning of the word : (cid:862) ex(cid:863: history : word sex meant if the individual was male or women, copulation is a synonymous for sex. I(cid:374) late (cid:1005)(cid:1011)(cid:1004)(cid:1004)"s : it took (cid:373)ore (cid:271)roader (cid:373)ea(cid:374)i(cid:374)g. It was assumed that males were attracted to both sex : females and males. It was considered to be unusual for males to only attracted to females. They though this was due to lack of sex. Higher the offspring, higher the fitness: darwin coined the term sexual selection , to explain apparent anomalies, darwin explained two components of sexual selection:
