Psychology 2075 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Human Sexual Activity, Married People, Cybersex

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

Document Summary

Psychology 2075 chapter 11: sexuality and the life cycle: adulthood. They find the single lifestyle exciting and enjoy that freedom: singleism: the stigmatizing and stereotyping of people who are not in a socially recognized couple relationship. Being single: at one extreme, there is the singles scene. Sexual techniques: mouth-genital techniques are very common in long-term relationships. Masturbation: many adults continue to masturbate even though they are married and have ready access to sexual activity with a partner, married people were more likely to report that they masturbated than were single people. Nonmonogamous relationships: extradyadic sex: sexual activity between a person in a committed relationship and so(cid:373)eo(cid:374)e other tha(cid:374) that perso(cid:374)"s part(cid:374)er, when a person who is married engages in extradyadic sex, we call it extramarital sex. Attitudes toward extradyadic sex: most people in canada disapprove of extramarital sex. Internet infidelity: cyberaffair: a romantic or sexual relationship initiated by online contact and maintained primarily via online communication.