PSYC 2351 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Prefrontal Cortex, Sexual Identity, Sexting

• School: University of Houston
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2351
• Professor: Abigail Candelari

Document Summary

Introduction: during adolescence and emerging adulthood, individuals engage in sexual exploration and incorporate sexuality into their identity. Intense, prolonged conflict with parents and a lack of parental monitoring are associated with adolescent sexual problems: romantic love is especially important for girls in adolescence. Individuals most likely to respond to sexual surveys are those who have liberal sexual attitudes and engage in liberal sexual behaviors. Individuals may give socially desirable answers: boys tend to exaggerate sexual experiences, girls tend to downplay sexual experiences. Cross-cultural comparisons: among females, the proportion having first intercourse by age 17 ranges from 72% in. Mali to 47% in the us and 45% in tanzania: the proportion of males who have their first intercourse by age 17 ranges from 76% in. Jamaica to 64% in the us and 63% in brazil. In some asian countries (china, japan), first intercourse occurs much later than in the.