PSYC 1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 35: Libido, Mass Media, Sexual Arousal
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Psyc 1 textbook notes module 35: sexual motivation. Asexual: having no sexual attraction to others. Testosterone: most important of male sex hormones; both males and females have it, but additional testosterone in males stimulates growth of male sex organs during fetal period, development of male sex characteristics during puberty. Estrogens: sex hormones secreted in greater amounts by females than males; contribute to female sex characteristics; in non-human female mammals, peak during ovulation, promoting sexual receptivity: ex: estradiol. Sex hormones influence: prenatal period: development of males and females, puberty: adolescence, after puberty: active sexual behavior. Women who have partners experience more sexual desire around ovulation. Sexual arousal can be the cause and/or consequence of higher testosterone levels. Sexual response cycle: four stages of sexual responding described by masters and. Refractory period: resting period after orgasm, during which a man cannot have another orgasm. Sexual dysfunctions: problem that consistently impairs sexual arousal/functioning.
