PSY240H1 Chapter : Ch16 Textbook Notes
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Sexual disorders fall into three distinct categories. Sexual dysfunctions involve problems in experiencing sexual arousal or in carrying through with a sexual act to the point of sexual satisfaction. Paraphilias involve sexual activities that are focused on non-human objects, children or non-consenting adults, or suffering or humiliation. Gender identity disorder involves the belief that one has been born with the body of the wrong gender. Occasional problems with sexual functioning are extremely common. (laumann, paik, rosen 1999) 43% of women, 31% of men reported occasional dysfunctions. William masters, virginia johnson in the 1950s and 1960s observed people engaging in a variety of sexual practices in a lab setting and recorded physiological changes. Sexual desire phase, urge to engage in any type of sexual activity. Psychological experience of arousal and pleasure and physiological changes. Vasocongestion is the filling of blood vessels and tissues with blood, engorgement. Excitement remains at a high but stable level.
