PSY BEH 118D Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Retrograde Ejaculation, Uptodate, Combined Oral Contraceptive Pill

• School: UC-Irvine
• Department: Psychology and Social Behavior
• Course: PSY BEH 118D
• Professor: Joanne Zinger

Document Summary

Chapter 1: sexuality in perspective: independent reading, sex and gender (pages 2-3): Cultural perspectives on sexuality: sex as taboo, 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.