PSY 3122 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10 : Orgasm, Preadolescence, Gender Role

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

Document Summary

Lifespan development: development from the birth through old age. Atachment: a psychological bond that forms between an infant and the mother, father or other caregiver. Adrenarche: in the childhood, the maturation of the adrenal glands, resulting in increases secretion of androgens. Gender-segregated social organizaion: a form of social grouping in which males play and associate with other males, and females play and associate with other females, that ism the gender are separate from each other. Heteronormaivity: the belief that heterosexuality us the norm. Sexualisaion: when a person is valued only for sex appeal or sexual behaviour, is held to a standard that equates physical attractiveness with being sexy, is sexually objectified, or sexuality is inappropriately imposed in a person. Link between sex and reproduction: people start having sex when thy hit puberty, and stop having sex when they hit menopause. We are sexually active when we are reproductive: not true, we are sexual being our entire lives.