Lec 3 Flashcards
Which disease is erectile dysfunction connected
Diabetes
How many men with diabetes have erectile dysfunction?
35-75% (up to 75% some degree of it over the course of their lifetime)
If you are over 70 years old, what is the likelihood of facing difficulties with erectile function?
95%
Risk factors for HPV?
-Number of sex partners
-Weakened immune system
How to prevent HPV?
Vaccination
Treating cervical cancer with Cryotherapy?
Use extreme cold to destroy abnormal cells
Treating cervical cancer with Cone Biopsy?
Surgical removal of a segment of cervix
Treating cervical cancer with a Hysterectomy?
Removal of the uterus
Surgical treatment for Breast Cancer?
-Mastectomy (remove the breast)
-Lumpectomy (remove the tissue from the breast)
Adjuvant treatment for Breast Cancer? (after the initial treatment)
-Radiotherapy
-Chemotherapy
-Hormone therapy
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD):
A progressive disease that makes it hard to breathe
Physical consequences of COPD ?
-Cardiovascular comorbidity is common
-75% of men have erectile problems
-Weight gain, chronic cough, mucus production
Psychological consequences of COPD?
- Become anxious about the shortness of breath
- Ashamed, negative self-image
- Being agitated, depressed (due to drugs)
Social consequences of COPD?
-Dependent on partner
-Partner is fearful that ill partner will suffocate
-Being dependent on oxygen
Impact, risk factors of yeast infections?
-Can be a side effect of antibiotics and corticosteroids
- In the mouth or vagina
- Infections hinder kissing or sexual activities
2 threshold values in the Quantum model of Sex?
Excitement and orgasm
3 factors that influence the threshold (Quantum model of sex)
- Body transmits and responds to sexual stimuli
- Sexual stimuli (fantasies, senses, memories)
- Mental factors (thoughts, feelings/emotions)
Woman with multiple sclerosis had less feeling or numbness in sex organs, the threshold for
excitement and orgasm is higher. What to do?
more effort is needed
Someone has COPD, what to do to reach orgasm?
Improvement of physical condition; appropriate timing of sex
Woman treated for breast cancer is anxious that the cancer returns, she is distressed and has
issues with body image
Treatment may lower her anxiety and it may improve body image
Byrne’s Law of Attraction:
-We like people who are nice to us and seldom (rarely) nasty
-We prefer those similar to us because interaction with them is rewarding
Propinquity (Proximity effect):
The closer 2 people are physically, the greater the odds that they will meet, and the more likely it is that an attraction will develop
-Proximity also suggests shared interests
What is the driving force behind the proximity effect?
Repeated exposure or the mere exposure effect:
-Familiarity leads to liking, e.g., the girl next door
Assortative mating:
Matching with similar partners
Homophily?
Tendency to have contact with people who are equal in social status
Rank types of homophily:
Race –> Age –> Education –> Religion
Scarcity principle of attraction?
Lower availability increases perceptions of attractiveness
- Study in a bar in which (wo)men rate the attractiveness of people at different hours of the evening –> more attractive closer to closing time
Two Component Theory of Love?
2 conditions must exist simultaneously for passionate love to occur:
- Physical arousal
-Attaching a cognitive label (‘love’) to the feeling of arousal
Which neurochemicals are involved in attraction?
- Pheromones- increase desirability
- Dopamine and serotonin levels may facilitate or inhibit arousal
- Oxytocin- released during physical contact, may enhance attraction by creating a feeling of bondedness
Halo effect of attraction?
Positive perception of someone based on physical attractiveness
Contrast effect on physical attractiveness?
Idea that perceptions of average can be thrown off by the presence f a few outliers
Triangular Theory of Love?
- Intimacy- emotional component and is expressed in communicating personal feelings
- Passion- motivational component (e.g., the drive for sexual expression) and is expressed in kissing, touching, sex
- Decision or commitment- cognitive component and is expressed by saying ‘I love you and want to maintain the relationship’
Compassionate love?
Intimacy and decision/commitment
Empty love?
Decision/commitment
Fatuous love?
Passion + decision/commitment
Infatuation?
passion
Romantic love?
intimacy + passion
Liking?
Intimacy
Consummate love?
All 3 together
Attachment Theory of Love:
- Secure lovers- easy to get close to others, comfortable having others feel close to them
- Fearful or Avoidant lovers- uncomfortable feeling close to another person or having that person feel close to them
- Preoccupied or anxious-ambivalent lover- desperately want to get close to partner but find that the partner doesn’t reciprocate the feeling
Passionate love?
State of intense physiological arousal and intense longing for union with another
Companionate love?
the feeling of deep attachment and commitment to a person with whom one has an intimate relationship
When does the shift from passionate to compassionate love happen?
between 6-30 months of a relationship
