Human Sexuality Flashcards
Pioneer in HS- first theorized that sexuality begins in infancy
Sigmund Freud (1900’s)
Developed the stages of sexuality: oral, anal, phallic, latency, genital
Sigmund Freud
Founded the institute for sex research at Indiana University: responsible for Kinsey Report
Alfred Kinsey (1900)
Said that delayed sexual experience was psychologically harmful- Liberated female sexuality
Alfred Kinsey
Kinsey Report
Alfred Kinsey
Wrote the book Psychopathia Sexualis?
Richard von Krafft-Ebing
What others described as disgusting he described as “natural variations”
Richard von Krafft- Ebing
Endorsed homosexuality as a natural occurence and not a disease
Richard von Krafft- Ebing
Observed over 700 ppl having sex and recorded over 10,000 orgasms
William Masters and Virginia Johnson Masters
Developed the four stages of model sexual response cycle?
Masters
What are the four stages of the model sexual response?
Excitement, plateau, orgasm, and resolution
What is a field of eligible?
individuals who meet a person’s criteria as a potential romantic partner
Theory that people tend to seek romantic and sexual partners who posses a level of physical attraction similar to their own
Matching hypothesis
Theory that the closer you are to another person, the greater the probability that you grow to like or even love the person
Proximity effect
Principle that humans appear to have a natural and usually unconscious tendency to grow fonder of a “novel stimulus” the more often they are exposed to it
Mere exposure effect
Idea that someone you like or love, likes or loves you back; reciprocates your feelings with approximately the same degree of intensity
Reciprocity of attraction
Who developed the “Triangular Theory of Love”
Robert Sternberg
What are the 3 components of love?
intimacy, passion, and commitment
Love based on PASSION but lacks intimacy and commitment
Infatuation
Love based on COMMITMENT but lacking intimacy and real passion
Empty love
Love based on INTIMACY but lacking passion and commitment
Romantic love
type of love that binds parents to children?
Storge
What is gender?
set of social and psychological characteristics that a society considers proper for males and females
T/F Sex and gender are different?
True