PSYC 134 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Preadolescence, Orgasm, Coitus Interruptus
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Infants learn about love and trusting other through touch: variety of sexual behaviors, self-stimulation, sucking on fingers. Imaging techniques (like ultrasound) have shown male fetuses with erections. Co-sleeping: american academy of pediatrics does not recommend co-sleeping, research doesn"t back this up, children who shared beds with parents during infancy showed superior intellectual development at age 6, no sexual problems connected to co-sleeping. Preadolescence (9-13 years-old: some behaviors are sexually related rather than sexual per se. 62% of male participants received this information elsewhere: mostly just taught to abstain from their parents, many learn about sex from peers. Increase in estrogen production: stimulates growth of breast tissue, menarche commonly occurs between 11-14, cannot become pregnant until ovulation occurs may lag menarche by a year of two, pubertal changes in males. Increase in production of esh/lh: stimulates testes to increase output of testosterone, erection common by 13-14, mature sperm not usually found until a year after first erection, nocturnal emissions.
