PSY 3122 Study Guide - Final Guide: Doubletake, Ageism, Fetus

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 3122
• Professor: Lisa Henry

Document Summary

Introduction: cultural taboo about children and older adult"s sexuality, belief that we become sexual around 12 55/60 (women & menopause, men & andropause) Childhood and adolescent psychosexual development and sexual behaviour. Ie. , nursing: pleasure of milk, feeling skin, hearing voice, seeing mother it(cid:859)s normal for a baby to have erection/lubrication. Infants derive physical pleasure contact with caregivers (ie. , sucking on pacifier- heightened sensitivity at mouth) Diversity of (adult) sexual and romantic relationships: being single, casual sexual encounters common among single men and women. Internet dating is more socially acceptable: can get more information about them vs. traditional dating. Incurring debt, more living together before marriage, less dependent on man, more acceptable to delay children in 30s: hetero decline; same-sex increase. If (cid:455)ou i(cid:374)(cid:272)lude (cid:396)e(cid:373)a(cid:396)(cid:396)iage it(cid:859)s (cid:1009)(cid:1004)% di(cid:448)o(cid:396)(cid:272)e (cid:396)ate: stable last 10-15 years. Introduction: media is a huge socialization agent: we are looking at it from a social constructivist point of view (we are product of our environment)