CLP 3144 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Behavior Modification, Dysphoria, Head Injury

• School: University of Florida
• Department: Clinical and Health Psychology
• Course: CLP 3144
• Professor: natalieweldon

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Sexual functioning: what happens in the body during sexual activity: preferences or variations of what is arousing in sexual behavior. Ge(cid:374)der ide(cid:374)tit(cid:455): i(cid:374)di(cid:448)iduals" per(cid:272)eptio(cid:374) of the(cid:373)sel(cid:448)es as (cid:373)ale, fe(cid:373)ale, or other(cid:449)ise: different from gender roles and biological sex. Sexual response cycle: desire phase: sexual urges in response to sexual fantasies or environmental cues. Arousal phase: psychological experience of sexual arousal, vasocongestion: increased blood flow to penis in males and pelvic areas in females. Plateau phase: myotonia: muscular tension, high but stable level of excitement before orgasm. Orgasm phase: males: sense of inevitability of ejaculation. In one study examining 800 college students a 52% orgasm gap was found. 39% of women and 91% of men said that they usually or always experienced orgasm in partnered sex. In college student committed relationships, there is a 17% orgasm gap: study of 3,000 single women and men in the us ranging from ages 18-65 years old having sex with a familiar partner.