PSY BEH 118D Study Guide - Final Guide: Pornographic Film, Uptodate, Laud Humphreys
23 Jan 2014
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Chapter 1: sexuality in perspective: independent reading, sex and gender (pages 2-3, the text authors employ the term sex to refer to sexual anatomy and behavior and the term gender to refer to. The state of being male or female. : sexual behavior will be defined as behavior that produces arousal and increases the chance of orgasm, the media (pages 6-7), text authors review the impact of media on sexuality. The mass media carry extensive portrayals of sexuality and are a powerful influence on most people"s understanding of sexuality: three types of media influence: Cultivation: the notion that people begin to think that what they see on tv and in other media really represents the mainstream of what happens in their culture. Agenda-setting: news reports select what to report/ emphasize and what to ignore. Social learning: characters in movies/ novels may serve as models whom we imitate, possibly without even realizing it: impact of the internet.
