PSYC 333 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Human Sexual Activity, Extramarital Sex, Premarital Sex
12 Mar 2014
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Page 1-21, 20 pages page 1 of 4. Sexual expression is influenced by many factors: sexual behaviour is defined as behaviour that produces arousal and increases the chance of orgasm. Not limited by reproduction or specific acts. We will study the biological, psychological, and social forces that influence it. Johnson"s investigations of sexual disorders and physiology changed how people thought about sex and its public discussion: study of sexuality is interdisciplinary, effort between biologists, psychologists, sociologists, and physicians. Page 1-21, 20 pages page 2 of 4. Cross-cultural perspectives on sexuality: culture is the traditional ideas and values passed down through generations within a group, and transmitted via symbols such as language. This serves as the basis for patterns of behaviour: ethnocentrism is the tendency to regard one"s own ethnic group and culture as superior, and to believe its customs are the standards by which other cultures should be judged.
