Psychology 2075 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Equity Theory, Cybersex, Orgasm

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

Document Summary

Nurses in nursing homes versus independent living settings. Sex tends to be expected and acceptable for young people , and unexpected and unacceptable for older people. Most negative attitude towards ageing and sexual activity. Girls believed (slightly) parents had sex a bit more than the boys estimated. 57% thought parents had sex few times a year or never. For boys: they estimated only 52% have sex a few times a year. Overall, kids greatly underestimate sexual activity of parents. If they did, there might be a lot more incest age 15-17, ~ 30% have had sex by age 25-29, sexual intercourse is around 90% What is the nature of sexuality for married, young children, and career couples. 5th month of pregnancy: slight but not significant decline. One year post partum: return to baseline. Wives satisfaction was primarily predicted by her fatigue, her work satisfaction and her husbands work satisfaction. Husbands satisfaction was predicted by his wifes work satisfaction.