Psychology 2075 Midterm: Sex Psych 1st Semster Mid Term Notes.docx

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2075
• Professor: William Fisher

Document Summary

Why study sex: we"re curious, because it"s taboo in exchanging info about it, sexual function. Refers to sexual anatomy and sexual behaviour: gender. The state of a male or female: sexual behaviour. Behaviour that produces arousal and increase chance of orgasm. Term sex is disputed, 23% of people refer to oral sex as also part of sex. Pills, and condoms dispute the definition of sex as a reproductive only thing. Religion: source of values and ethics concerning sexuality and powerful influence, until 100 years ago was the main source of sexual info. Greeks and humans as 3 types of double creature myths who split, explaining gay, lesbian and heterosexuals trying to find missing half. 15th century christians, wet dream and incubi and succibi. Lust, wet dreams dysfunction was seen as witchcraft. Muslims viewed sex as source of pleasure first, then reproduction second. The application of evolutionary biology to understand the social behaviour of animals and humans.