Psychology 2030A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Human Sexual Response Cycle, Erection, Gender Dysphoria

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2030A/B
• Professor: David Vollick

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Chapter 8 gender dysphoria, sexual dysfunctions and paraphilic disorders. Sexual dysfunctions: (cid:272)li(cid:374)i(cid:272)all(cid:455) sig(cid:374)ifi(cid:272)a(cid:374)t distur(cid:271)a(cid:374)(cid:272)e i(cid:374) the perso(cid:374)(cid:859)s a(cid:271)ilit(cid:455) to respo(cid:374)d se(cid:454)uall(cid:455) or experience sexual pleasure. Gender dysphoria (transsexualism): individuals who feel a marked incongruence between their assigned gender and their experienced/expressed gender. Paraphilic disorder: intense and persistent sexual interest that is not directed toward phenotypically normal, physically mature consenting human partners. Alfred kinsey one of the first scientists to investigate sexual behaviours of men/women. Two books, sexual behavior in the human male, and sexual behavior in the human female. Wo(cid:373)e(cid:374) (cid:373)a(cid:455) e(cid:454)perie(cid:374)(cid:272)e t(cid:449)o or more orgasms before experiencing a resolution phase. Men and women have different sexual response, as in men crave sex more, refuse sex less often, more desire to masturbate, more sacrifice for sex, and stronger sex drive. However, women have higher (cid:272)apa(cid:272)it(cid:455) for se(cid:454), (cid:271)iologi(cid:272)al last lo(cid:374)ger, (cid:272)apa(cid:271)le of (cid:373)ore orgas(cid:373) tha(cid:374) (cid:373)e(cid:374), do(cid:374)(cid:859)t ha(cid:448)e refra(cid:272)tor(cid:455) period.