Unit 7 - Module 54+55

Question 1

Estrogens

Answer 1

female sex hormone - growth of female sex characteristics ; secreted in greater amounts by females than males ; peaks during ovulation

Question 2

Testosterone

Answer 2

Most important male sex hormone ; secreted most in males ; growth of male sex hormones in the fetal period + male sex characteristics in puberty

Question 3

What are the two predictable points for sexual desire shifting in the life span? What is the third unpredictable point?

Answer 3

1. Pubertal state - development + growth of sexual interest
2. Later in life, sex hormones fall
   ~3. Surgery or drugs may cause hormonal shifts

Question 4

Alfred Kinsley

Answer 4

questioned Americans about their sexuality and wrote down their experiences (survey research)

Question 5

William MASTERS and Virginia JOHNSON

Answer 5

Recorded the physiological responses of volunteers who came to their lab to masturbate or have intercourse ;; research helped them to create a description of the Sexual Response Cycle

Question 6

What are the four points of the sexual response cycle?

Answer 6

1. Excitement
2. Plateau
3. Orgasm
4. Resolution

Question 7

What are the 2 psychological influences/stimuli on sex?

Answer 7

External stimuli, imagined stimuli

Question 8

Affiliation need

Answer 8

an innate need to build relationships and feel part of a group

Question 9

What two other basic phsychological needs do we balance with our need for relatedness?

Answer 9

Autonomy (sense of personal control) and competence