Psychology 2075 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Libido, Penicillin, Wart

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2075
• Professor: William Fisher

Document Summary

Reducing the risk: understanding and promoting sexual and reproductive health sti"s. The challenge: sexual freedom and reproductive health risk. Bacterial sti"s - chlamydia and gonorrhea curable. Viral sti"s incurable, hsv (herpes), hpv, hiv. Most people who have bacterial infections don"t know that they have it. Once we find out that they do have it, it is curable. Viral infections are not curable, but symptoms can be controlled. Psychological determinants of sexual and reproductive health risk and prevention model information motivation behavioural skills. Beavioural skills bring up, negotiate, talking with your partner about actually using the contraceptive . A persons personal motivation rely on the persons evaluation of the outcomes of the action (out comes arising, and the persons evaluation of them) Individuals store of applicable information, their motivation, and their social motivations (others around you, what do they think?) acting upon the decision.