Sexual Response

Question 1

Sexual Response (history)

Answer 1

Freud
clitoral orgasm → immature (i.e., childish)
vaginal orgasm → mature (i.e., adult)

Kinsey (40s and 50s)
* females and males are similar in anatomy and physiology but
females “lesser sexual capacity”

Masters and Johnson (60s)
* claimed that females’ and males’ orgasms are far more similar than different (i.e., physiologically the same)

• claimed that females’ capacity exceeded males’ (i.e., ability
  to have multiple orgasms until total exhaustion)

Question 2

Masters and Johnson (1960s)

Answer 2

• they broght people at a lab and observe/put them inwires them having sex

Question 3

linear model of sexual responses

Answer 3

1. Excitment (desire)
2. plateau (increse breathing,high heart beat)
3. orgasm(climex)
4. resolution(everything returns to normal)

Question 4

Kaplan’s Triphasic Model (1970s)

Answer 4

1. Desire(psychological
2. Excitment(physicological)
3. Orgasm

he included desire as an distinct phas, a phase that previously was ignored as before it only focused on the physiological aspect

Question 5

**Dual Control Model **(Bancroft & Janssen,
2000s)—-

Answer 5

• excitatment and inhibition varies from one person to another
• there can be physiological ,psychological,cultural reasons
• most of them are moderate

Question 6

Why do people have sex?

Answer 6

Meston & Buss (2007)
* first stage, allowed to list reasons they or friends may have had sex

• list of 715 reduced down to 237
• new sample asked to endorse their reasons from the list of 237

Question 7

result

Answer 7

• there are huge differences between peoples reasons
• there difference by gender

Question 8

reasons for sex/why do sex happens : Basson

Answer 8

Reason for sex (avoidance- to avoid negative vs approch- for a positive outcome) > Sex stimuli (turn ons) + Context(enviroment vs interpersonal) > Biological and Psychological factors (is your brain online?) > Sexual Arousal(physiological and psychological) > Resposive desire(is caused by these other things) and arousal > outcomes(physical ex:orgasm or Emotional ex:feeling closer to your partner) > reasons to have sex

spontanous desire it can happen at any time but it does not start with desire,u can create it
(Spoutaneous desire vs responsive desire)

avoidant reasons tend to have less sexual satisfaction

Question 9

responsive desire vs spoutanous desire

Answer 9

• responsive desire : feel desire after their partner initiates or after sexual activity starts, in response to stimulis.
• spoutanous desire: desire occurs before sexual activity begins and leads them to initiate sex, it ocurs at any time but is not in response to other stimulis