Psychology 2030A/B Chapter 8: Chapter/Lecture 8

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

Document Summary

Sexual functioning: alfred kinsey, one of the first attempts at understanding sexual behavior o, masters & johnson used interviews and recorded the physical responses of adults as they engaged in sexual activity (cid:224) four phases of sexual response, desire phase response to both external and internal cues, arousal phase physical and psychological signs of sexual arousal. Normal sexual behavior hard to define, often depends on biological and cultural factors: asian students report less sexual participation, african american women were more likely than white women to endorse engaging in sexual activity, japanese women were less likely than white women to agree that sex is important, heterosexuality vs. homosexuality, the development of sexual orientation is biologically based, androgen theory male being gay increases with the number of older brothers mother"s body responds to male androgens with antibodies that cross the placental barrier.