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What are pheromones?
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chemical substances secreted by the body that entice a reaction/give off signals
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What can cause menstrual synchrony?
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exposure to other womens' sweat
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what are primary erogenous zones?
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zones that are very sensitive because they have many nerve endings
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what are secondary erogenous zones?
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parts of the body that become erotically sensitized through experience
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What was the original purpose of Viagra?
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to treat angina
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what is a naturally occurring chemical aphrodisiac in the body?
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testosterone
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what is the most effective method to increase sex drive?
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exercise
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what is anti-androgen?
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a drug that reduces the levels of androgen in the blood system
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is alcohol a stimulant?
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no. small amounts are stimulating, but large amounts negatively affect sexual response
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what parts of the brain are crucial to sexual functioning?
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cerebral cortex and limbic system
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what does the cerebral cortex do?
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send messages when we experience sexual thoughts, cells in the cerebral cortex interpret sensory information as sexual turn ons and turn offs
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what secretes hormones/
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endocrine gland
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how do hormones affect behaviour?
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(1) influence the type of behaviour that is expressed (organizing effect)
(2) frequency and intensity of the drive that motivates the behaviour and the ability to perform the behaviour (activating effects) 3) influences sexual desire/response |
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what do prenatal hormones do?
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cause sexual differentiation of the genitalia and of the brain structures
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what is hypogonadism?
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an abnormal condition marked by abnormally low levels of testosterone production
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what do female hormones estrogen and progesterone do?
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promote changes that occur during puberty and in regulating the menstrual cycle
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what happens to women who have ovariectomies?
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no longer produce female sex hormones, but continue to have sex drives and interest
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what is the sexual response cycle? (Masters and Johnson)
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Model that has 4 phases:
1) excitement 2) plateau 3) orgasm 4) resolution |
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what happens during the excitement phase?
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vasocongestion, lubrication, muscle tensioning, skin gets a sex flush
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what happens during the plateau phase?
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level of arousal remains constant, vasocongestion heightens, builds the orgasmic platform, sex skin appears
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what is sex skin?
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reddening of the labia minora
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what happens during the orgasmic phase?
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2 stages of muscular contractions for the male
1) closing off of the bladder, 2) allowing the passage of semen for women: more variable contractions both genders: blood pressure and heart rate peak |
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what happens in the resolution phase?
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MEN:
stage 1: man loses erection, blood drains from penis stage 2: testes and scrotum return to normal size WOMEN: release of blood from engorged areas, sex flush pales sex organs go back to normal size |
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what is a refractory period?
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when men cannot physically have sex again
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What were Kaplan's 3 stages of sexual response?
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1) desire 2) excitement 3) orgasm
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what was Basson's intimacy model?
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said other models did not factor in intimacy, said women had to become sexually aroused for intimacy reasons and then continued for sexual reasons
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what is MS?
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chronic unpredictable disease that affects the CNS
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