PSY 103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Libido, Sexual Dysfunction, Multiple Sex Partners
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Given the difficulties in conducting direct observation, sex researchers depend mostly on interviews and questionnaires. As a result, sex studies are especially susceptible to participant bias. Sexual identity to refer to the complex set of personal qualities, selfperceptions, Your sexual identity includes three key features: attitudes, values, and preferences that guide one"s sexual behavior. Sexual orientation- sexual orientation is an individual"s preference for emotional and sexual relationships with individuals of one gender or the other. other gender. Heterosexuals seek emotional-sexual relationships with members of the. Homosexuals seek emotional-sexual relationships with members of the. Bisexuals seek emotional-sexual relationships with members of both same gender. genders. Male homosexuals are called gay, whereas female homosexuals prefer to be called lesbians. Frequently, the term lgb is used to refer, collectively, to lesbians, gay men, and bisexuals. Transgendered individuals are those whose sense of gender does not line up with the sex they were labeled with at birth .
