PSYC 350 Chapter 1: psych350 chapter 1 notes.docx
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Improved understanding of genitals will increase giving and receiving pleasure from sex. Increase chance of entering into satisfying relationship rather than abusive ones. Greater understanding of unusual sexual desires and behaviors. Learning about contraception will reduce risk for you and your partner. Educating yourself about sex will enable you to educate others. Thinking critically about research, you will become a more discriminating consumer of media reports and advertising relating to sexuality. Sexuality: the feelings, behaviors, and identities associated with sex. Observational studies of sexuality began with aristotle 2400 years ago. He saw that there were two methods which organisms used to reproduce: sexually and asexually. Sexism: prejudice or discrimination directed against one sex usually women. Anatomist: researcher who studies the structure of the body. Sperm or spermatozoon: (pl. spermatozoa) a male gamete, produced in the testicles. Ovum: (pl. ova) a mature female gamete, or egg. Gametes: male (sperm) and female (ova) reproductive cells that unite at fertilization.
