Psychology 2075 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Vaginal Lubrication, Adolescent Sex, Breastfeeding

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2075
• Professor: William Fisher

Document Summary

Chapter 10 sexuality and the life cycle: childhood and adolescence. Tend to use the terms sex and sexual intercourse synonymously. Research shown students are more likely to label a behaviour as having sex if it occurs in a mixed sex relationship than in a same-sex relationship. An alternative would be to interview children about their sexual behaviour or perhaps even observe their sexual behaviour: few have done either for ethical issues. An innovation is the use of a (cid:498)talking(cid:499) computer to interview children: this process preserves confidentiality, more children reported sexual experience to the computer than in face-to-face interviews questionnaires or interviews. The sexual attitudes and behaviour of children and adolescents in canada are affected by culture. Infancy and the preschool years (birth to 4 years) Freud first expressed the notion that children have sexual urges and engage in sexual behaviour.