PSY 3122 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Vaginal Lubrication, Primal Scene, Thelarche

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 3122
• Professor: Lisa Henry

Document Summary

Having sex and sexual intercourse is to us, synonymous. More likely to label a behaviour as having sex if it occurs in a mixed-sex relationship, not in same sex. Few are done on children themselves, reflecting widespread belief that children are not yet sexual beings, therefore should not be exposed to sexual questions. Kinsey conducted child surveys, recent innovation of talking computer is used to protect confidentiality (romer) Canadian surveys: canadian youth, sexual health and hiv/ais study. No systematic, direct observations on child sexual behaviour has been done. Owe the notion that children/infants have sexual urges and engage in sexual behaviour to freud. Male infants get erections (before and after birth) Female infants show vaginal lubrication 24 hrs after birth. First contact is with mother, providing sensuous experience, engaging tactile, olfactory, visual and auditory senses. Systematic masturbation occurs between 6-8 in permitting cultures. Optimal relationship infants more likely to stimulate genitals.