PSYC 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11.2: Sexual Stimulation, Ejaculation, Sexual Arousal

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1000
• Professor: Benjamin Giguere

Document Summary

Libido is the motivation for sexual activity and pleasure. Sex: many contributing factors to determine whether or not you act on it, physiological, psychological, and social. Physical, social, and personal factors underlie sexual motivation in college students. Physical was mostly for pleasure, also to achieve a goal (financial, personal gain, revenge) Data can"t (cid:271)e ge(cid:374)eralized (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause they are all (cid:272)ollege stude(cid:374)ts at the sa(cid:373)e s(cid:272)hool. Sexual arousal is a large part of wat we pay attention to and our response to it. Sexual response cycle describes main physiological changes that occur during sex: 4 stages, excitement, plateau, orgasm, resolution, refractory period is a time period in which an erection and orgasm are not physically possible. Gender roles are the accepted attitudes and behaviours of males and females in a given society. Sexual scripts are the set of rules and assumptions about the sexual behaviours of males and females.