Chapter 1: Sexuality in Perspective Flashcards
The state of being male or female
gender
behavior that produces arousal and increases the change of orgasm
sexual behavior
in communications theory, the view that exposure to the mass media makes people think that what they see there represents the mainstream of what really occurs
cultivation
in communications theory, the idea that the media define what is important and what is not by which stories they cover
agenda setting
in communications theory, the idea that the media provide role models whom we imitate
social learning
traditional ideas and values passed down from generation to generation within a group and transmitted to members of the group by symbols (such as language)
culture
the tendency to regard one’s own ethnic group and culture as superior to others and to believe that its customs and way of life are the standards by which other cultures should be judged
ethnocentrism
a regulation prohibiting sexual interaction between blood relatives, such as brother and sister or father and daughter
incest taboo
self-stimulation of the genitals to produce sexual arousal
masturbation
people of latin american heritage
latinos
among latinos, a strong cultural valuing of one’s nuclear and extended family
familism
a state of physical, emotional, mental, and social well-being in relation to sexuality
sexual health
basic, inalienable rights regarding sexuality, both positive and negative, such as rights to reproductive self-determination and sexual self-expression and freedom from sexual abuse and violence
sexual rights
founer of psychoanalytic mvement
Sigmund Freud
wrote Studies In The Psychology Of Sex
Havelock Ellis
