Chapter 3-1 Flashcards
Social script ascribed to individuals performing to their role in childbearing or child-rearing and related task such as maintaining the household
Reproductive Role
Social script ascribed to individuals pertaining to their role in economic production and related task such as engaging in public affairs and living in the world of work
Productive Role
Anything associated with mental process and behaviors
Psychological
Associated with human relationships, connections, and interactions
Social
It refers to people’s thought processes such as memory, perception, and information processing
Cognition
It refers to people’s observable or not readily observable actions
Behavior
It refers to emotions and feelings
Affect
It is a field of science which concerns itself with the human person’s realities and experiences as part of groups and institutions including the structures and functions of this institutions, and the dynamics of human relationships within them.
Sociology
The conscious understanding of something
Self awareness
Understanding others
Other awareness
A bond formed between two or more people manifested through communications and interactions
Human Relationship
The process of knowing others and allowing others to know us
Intimacy
The process by which we learn cultural norms and traditions
Socialization
A state of satisfaction, meaning, and purpose.
Well-being
Observed, outward, and can be evaluated through the presence or absence of particular elements in our environment.
Objective well-being
Personal experience of satisfaction, meaning, and purpose.
Subjective well-being
Refers to the totality of our sensory experiences and perception.
Sensorium
Overall both men and women value physical attractiveness and this is true across many different cultures. However there are some studies that have explored gender differences in visual stimuli and sexual arousal. Men tend to be rather influenced by visual cues. On the other hand women were found to be more influenced by the context.
Visual Experience
Chemical molecules released in humans, insects, and animals that trigger a response to or elicit specific behavioral expressions or hormonal changes from the opposite sex, the same sex, or both sexes of the same species.
Pheromones
The part of the brain that interprets chemical messages
Hypothalamus
The part of the body responsible of managing our emotions including sexual behavior
Limbic System
A group of genes that code for proteins that help the immune system recognize foreign substances. It is because of this genes that we feel attracted to another person’s signature odor.
Major Histocompatibility Complex
Heterosexual females tend to like wearing floral sweet scents but want musky spicy sent to be worn by their partners.
Olfactory Experience
Touch is an element of intimacy and holds meaning. It has three elements tactile, thermal, and vibrational.
Tactile Experiences
In tactile experience mouth, anus, genitals, and nipples are called the _________.
Primary Erogenous Zone
In tactile experience back, cheek, neck and buttocks are called the ________.
Secondary Erogenous Zone
Is believe to influence tribal behavior and maternal bonding.
Oxytocin
In sexual interactions, couples may give verbal erotic encouraging words that trigger sexual response or verbal expression of affection.
Auditory Experience
An action with sexual intention and context
Sexual Behavior
Related to sexual stimulation; has something to do with erogenous zones
Erotic
Sequence of events from arousal to orgasm the resolution of sexual tension.
Sexual Response Cycle
A concern or problem and any of these phases of the sexual response cycle
Sexual Dysfunction
Related to the insertion of the penis to the vagina
Copulatory Behavior
Arousal from nonliving objects or non consenting persons
Paraphilia
Refers to actions
Behavior
A behavior that is readily observable
Overt
A behavior that is not readily observable by the naked eye
Covert
Something that drives us to do something
Motivation
How many times an action is done in a span of time
Frequency
How long does an action take place
Duration
Magnitude by which an action is done
Intensity
A varieties of similar behavior done in various context
Diversity
These are actions that humans interpret as an expression of their sexual motivation or intention. Generally erotic.
Sexual behaviors
It refers to self directed erotic or sexual activity, where a person experiences pleasure independently.
Auto-Erotic
It refers to attraction or erotic feelings directed toward individuals of the same sex
Homo-Erotic
It refers to attraction or erotic feelings directed toward individuals of the opposite sex
Hetero-Erotic
Insertion of the penis to the vagina
Copulation
Oral stimulation of the penis
Fellatio
Oral stimulation of the vagina
Cunnilingus
Stimulation or penetration of the anal orifice
Anal Sex
Describes the human sexual response in three stages: desire, arousal, and orgasm.
Kaplan’s Model of Sexual Response Cycle
An individual has low levels of desire or has an aversion to sexual activities.
Sexual Desire Disorder
An individual has problems in achieving necessary physiological state of copulation.
Sexual Arousal Disorders
An individual has problems in achieving orgasm.
Orgasmic disorder
An experience of pain during the sexual response cycle.
Sexual Pain Disorders
When the urge last for at least 6 months. When the individual has acted on this sexual urges with a non consenting person, or the sexual urges or fantasies cause clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas in functioning.
Paraphilic Disorder
Pleasure from exposing one’s genitals to non consenting people
Exhibitionism
Arousal from nonliving objects
Fetishism
Touching or rubbing one’s body or genitals to a non consenting person
Frotteurism
Arousal from prepubescent children
Pedophilia
Arousal from being humiliated, beaten, bound
Sexual Masochism
Arousal from inflicting pain to others
Sexual Sadism
Arousal from wearing clothing by the opposite sex during sexual activities
Transvestic Fetishism
Observing other people engage in sexual activities
Voyeurism
