PSYC 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Pluralistic Ignorance, Parental Investment, Natural Selection

• School: University of Maryland
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 100
• Professor: Ryan Curtis

Document Summary

Psyc 100 - lecture 05 - sex and relationships. Pluralistic ignorance - when one individual thinks they are different from the rest of the group --and they are wrong. Alienation - lack of feelings of belonging, or-- Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders. Used in us to diagnose mental disorders. One can be diagnosed as having a disorder if the condition in question gets in the way of them living their life. 2 categories of sexual disorders in dsm-5: Fetishes (non-human objects - feet, shoes, clothing, etc. ) Frotteurism (rubbing up on someone else without their consent ) Hyposexual disorders - lack of sex drive. Hypersexual disorders - more sex drive than is normal .