Sexual Self Flashcards
- To understand the impact of society to body image
- To know how one’s body image affects one’s sense of self
- To explore the characteristics of
Physical self
To be able to know the complexities of sexuality.
• To know different aspects and importance underlying the aspect of sexuality.
• To help students become responsible with their sexual behaviors in the context of sexuality
Sexual self
Can be largely influence by the environment of the person
• Can also be the kind of feedbacks they receive from friends, families, etc..etc..
• Can be positive or negative
Body image
- includes cognitive structures that provides one with knowledge
of one’s body.
cognitive component
- are actions performed by the individual in order to
conceptualize what they think society’s perception of a body should be.
behavioral component
- includes feelings, emotions, and attitudes of an individual about
one’s body
affective component
This is one’s sense of belongingness and attachment to their ethnic group.
This includes dedication, commitment, and participation in the group.
Ethnic Identity.
This is the maintenance of cultural processes and contact participation of
members of two cultures.
Acculturation
happens when the native culture has low maintenance, and there is a great amount of
contact participation of the dominant culture.
Higher acculturation
Healthy body image
Educate oneself
• Highlight positive goals
• Limit exposure to media
• Limit negative description of oneself, instead highlight the positive ones
describes how a person feels, and only that person knows what it is like
to be who they are.
Sexual orientation -
refers to a person’s identification (psychological) with a specific gender,
rather than a person’s attraction to people
Gender identity -
- states that sex is one of the key forces in human life.
Freud’s psychoanalytic theory
Sex drive or sex energy termed as the libido is one of the two major
motivations of human behavior, the other being the death instinct or thanatos.
Freud’s psychoanalytic theory
states that human sexual behavior is not only biological in nature because actions can be learned
*learning theory -
operates through classical conditioning, operant conditioning, behavior modification, and social learning.
*learning theory -
happens when a neutral stimulus is repeatedly paired with an unconditioned stimulus
generating an unconditioned response.
Classical conditioning
is the process by which the frequency of a behavior is determined by rewards or punishments.
Operant conditioning
is the process by which sexual behavior is learned not only through operant conditioning but also
through imitation and identification.
Social learning
is the start of sexual arousal. The physiological effect of this phase Physiological
effect - erection happens for the males while lubrication of the vagina, swelling of the clitoris, and
erection of the nipples for the females.
excitement phase
The penile erection becomes more erect while the vaginal entrance becomes
smaller. Myotonia, the contraction of the genital and bodily muscles, continues to build up. During this
phase, vasocongestion and myotonia continue to increase until enough tensions are reached for
orgasm.
plateau phase -
swelling of bodily tissues caused by increased vascular blood flow and a localized increase
in blood pressure.
Vasocongestion -
consists of rhythmic contractions of the pelvic organs.
orgasm phase -
the uterus descends as the cervix contracts rhythmically.
Females
