PSY 111 Chapter Notes - Chapter 35: Aphrodisiac, Sex Steroid, Human Sexual Activity

• School: Drexel University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 111
• Professor: Megan L Meyer

Document Summary

Sexual motivation is nature"s clever way of making people. They direct one"s development into males or females: puberty. A sex hormone surge us into adolescence: after puberty and into late adult years. During this time, there is a surge of estrogens. Women have very much less testosterone than men. Therefore, it contributed to riskier moves and more crash landings: sexual arousal can be a cause . However, if the fuel level is just enough, adding more fuel to the tank won"t change how the car runs. Sexual response cycle: four stages of the cycle, excitement : the genital areas become engorged with blood. this will cause a women"s clitoris and a man"s penis to swell. The woman"s vagina will expand and secrete lubricant: plateau : excitement peaks as breathing, pulse, and blood pressure rates increase. A man"s penis enlarges to an average lenge of 5. 6 inches.