8A.3 Flashcards
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Refractory period
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A resting period after orgasm, during which a man cannot achieve anther orgasm
2
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Estrogens
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Sex hormones, such as estradiol, secreted in greater amounts by females than by males and contributing to female sex characteristics
3
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Testosterone
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The most important of the male sex hormones. Both male and females have it, but the additional testosterone in male’s simulated the growth f the male sex organs in the fetus and the development of the male sex characteristics during puberty
4
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Sexual orientation
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An enduring sexual attraction toward members of either one’s own sex or the other sex
5
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Sexual response cycle
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The four stages of sexual responding described by masters and Johnson - excitement, plateau, orgasm, resolution
