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week 9 Flashcards

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sexuality

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capacity for sexual responses and experiences

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sexual orientation

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  • enduring pattern of cognitive, motivational and behavioural tendencies
  • identity, motivation, behaviour
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behavioural component (kinsey)

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  • observable behaviours
  • sexuality best understood through sexual feelings and experiences
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five dimensions of sexual orientation (herek)

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  • sexual attraction
  • sexual behaviour
  • personal identity
  • romantic relationships
  • community membership
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phase model of sexual identity development

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  • awareness
  • exploration
  • deepening and commitment
  • integration and synthesis
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milestone model of sexual identity development

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  • awareness
  • labelling the self
  • same sex contact
  • disclosure of identity to others
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narrative model of sexual identity development

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  • multiple sources of identity (race, culture, nationality) interact to shape sexual identity development within specific contexts
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biological theories of sexual orientation
neurohormonal approach

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  • fetal exposure to sex hormones significantly contribute to sexual orientation development
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biological theories of sexual orientation
fraternal birth order effect

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  • positive correlation between number of older brothers and likelihood of identifying as gay
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evolutionary theories of sexual orientation
alliance formation hypothesis

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  • same sex sexual activity promotes beneficial friendship bonds between unrelated pairs
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evolutionary theories of sexual orientation
kin selection

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  • contributing to the survival of his genetic relatives
  • investing more in siblings children
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evolutionary theories of sexual orientation
fecundity hypothesis

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  • genes for male homosexuality may pass down if the relatives of sexual minority individuals are likely to reproduce/fecund
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evolutionary theories of sexual orientation
tipping point theory

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  • group of genes for homosexuality also codes for communal personality tendencies
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biobehavioural model

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  • sexual desire toward same sex individuals can develop in certain social environments, facilitated by oxytocin
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