PY 358 Study Guide - Final Guide: Secondary Sex Characteristic, Gender Dysphoria, Prenatal Hormones And Sexual Orientation

• School: University of Alabama
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PY 358
• Professor: Theodore Tomeny

Document Summary

Sex differences in sexual behaviors: sex differences in, four stages of sexual functioning: arousal, plateau, orgasm and resolution. Chapter 9 - gender dysphoria, sexual dysfunctions, and paraphilic disorders. Interactions of biological sex and age to affect sexual behavior: in men, the effects of age are most apparent in genital response, in women, the effects of age are most apparent in declining sexual interest. Gender dysphoria: sex, race, and ethnicity: first detected between ages 2 and 4 - cross-gender dressing and play, verbal wishes expressed between ages 6 and 7, cultural differences in recognition of gender categories. In adolescence, equal ratio of boys to girls. In adulthood, more common in males than females. Sexual interest/desire disorders: male hypoactive sexual desire disorder experience less sexual desire. Occurs within 1 minute after vaginal penetration: primary and secondary, primary the male has always had a problem with this, secondary occurs later in life.