The Sexual Self Flashcards
Being related, connected, kinship, a state of affairs existing between those having relations or dealings (Merriam-Webster dictionary)
Relationships
Being comfortable with another person and necessary for a close relationship to develop
Research shows that people like to associate with others who share with them the same attitudes, behavior patterns, personal characteristics, taste in fashion to clothes, intelligence personality, and the like
Familiarity
Leads to deeper relationships
Social psychologists have traditionally used the term attraction to refer to the affinity that draws together friends and romantic partners
Attraction
An intense feeling of deep or constant affection and emotion in which a person always sees to the good, happiness, and welfare of the other
The word love can refer to a variety of different feelings, states, and attitudes, ranging from generic pleasure (“I loved that meal”) to intense interpersonal attraction (“I love my partner”). This diversity of uses and meanings, combined with the complexity of the feelings involved, makes the concept of love unusually difficult to consistently define, even compared to other emotional states.
As an abstract concept, love usually refers to a deep, ineffable feeling of tenderly caring for another person. Even this limited conception of love, however, encompasses a wealth of different feelings, from the passionate desire and intimacy of romantic love to the nonsexual emotional closeness of familial and platonic love to the profound oneness or devotion of religious love.
Love in its various forms acts as a major facilitator of interpersonal relationships and, owing to its central psychological importance, is one of the most common themes in the creative arts.
Love
Triangular theory of love - Psychologist Robert Sternberg (1985) postulated that love is made up of three components:
Intimacy, Passion, Commitment
which involves feelings of warmth, closeness, and sharing of the relationship
Intimacy
which involves feelings and desires that lead to physical attraction, romance, and sexual consummation
Passion
cognitive appraisal of the relationship and the intent to maintain it even in the face of problems
Commitment
Defined as an individual’s evaluation of his or her own sexual feelings and actions.
refers to the totality of oneself as a sexual being, including positive and negative concepts and feelings.
Sexual Self – Concept
Refers to the ways by which humans experience and express themselves as sexual beings.
Maleness or femaleness, capacity to experience sexual pleasure, identification of our selves in view of biological sexual characteristics—these are only among the basic components of sexuality.
Sexuality
PHYSIOLOGY OF HUMAN SEXUAL RESPONSE:
Excitement phase, Plateau stage, Sexual climax, and Resolution phase
Stage of arousal; increased pulse and blood pressure
Excitement phase
stimulation is maintained
Plateau stage
marked by abrupt, intense, pleasure, rapid increase in pulse rate and blood pressure, muscle spasms
Sexual climax
return to the normal or subnormal physiologic state.
Resolution phase
the cyclical bleeding that stems from the shedding of the uterine lining that is regulated by estrogen & progesterone;
The first few years of menstruation may be anovulatory (no ovulation); and during the years that menstruation occurs, ovulation does not happen all the time
Menstruation
First menstruation is called the
Menarche
the cessation of menstruation
commonly occurs between the ages of 45 & 50 and lasts 2 years
estrogen levels drop producing many unpleasant side effects (ex. night sweats, hot flashes)
- When menstruation no longer occurs.
Menopause
mild to severe pain or discomfort during menstruation
pelvic cramps, nausea, headaches, backaches, bloating
Dysmenorrhea
symptoms that regularly afflict many women during the four to six days prior to menstruation each month
combination physical & psychological ex. anxiety, depression, irritability, weight gain, abdominal pain
Premenstrual syndrome (pms)
the enlargement and stiffening of the penis as a consequence of filling with blood (a spinal reflex)
can double in length and become firm in a matter of 10-15 seconds
bladder closes off during arousal
Erection
expulsion of semen from tip of penis
a spinal reflex triggered when sexual stimulation reaches the threshold
often, but not always, occurs together with orgasm (subjective sensations)
Ejaculation
