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| Secretions influence organisation of brain and help activate sexual desire & interest. |
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| psychological perseption & acceptance of biological sex |
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| Person rejects own sex, believes self to be the other |
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| Traits, behaviors, atitudes, interests that cultures considers appropriate for ones sex |
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Social learning Theory
(Bandura)
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| Learn sex role via imitation & reinforcement. |
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Cognitive Developemental theory
(kohlberg)
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| Learn gender role in stages: Identity(2-3) Stability (4-5) Constancy(6-8) |
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Sexual Responses
(Master & Johnson)
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| Transition, Excitement, Desire, Plateau, Orgasm, Resolution |
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Sex Differences
(valois & kammerman)
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Male sex drive spike 18-21 yrs
Women sex drive spike 30-40
Woman can have multi orgasms, men cannot. Men = visual
Women = romantic |
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| Unusual or bizarre imagery or objes neccessary for sexual excitement |
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| Fetishes (love objects) i.e cars, shoes |
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| voyerism, pedophilia, exhibitionism |
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| Pain & suffering to self or others for sexual gradification. |
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| Sexual preference determined biologicaly |
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| Much smaller in the brain of homosexual men than hetero |
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| Force of sexual acts against ones will |
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| ovaries for females and testes for males |
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| Readiness for sexual arousal |
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| Triggered by physical and psychological desire , body prepares for intercourse |
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| maximum level of sexual arousal |
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| reflexive, intense, discharge of accumulated sexual tension |
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| body returns to non-aroused state |
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| cultures provide distinctive rules for how/when to express emotion |
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facial feedback hypothesis |
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| interactive feedback system between neural mechanisms & facial nerves |
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| neural mechanisms control how a person's face reflects emotions |
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| perform a behavior for a reward |
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| perform a behavior for the enjoyment |
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| needs are acquired through cultural experience and interactions with others |
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| (NACH) need for achievment |
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| learned trait in which a person gains satisfaction when striving for and achieveing high levels of excellence |
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| internal locus of control, less effort, choose moderatly difficult tasks, motivated for sucess have realistic goals. |
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| external locus of control less effort, choose very difficult or very easy taks, motivated to avoid failure unrealistic goals |
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| 3 structures of the hypothalamus |
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lateral - feeding center
ventromedial-satisfaction center
paraventricular nucleus - food preferences |
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| self starvation 14-18 yrs old 95% female |
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| eat if foods available, 2-3x's more fat cells than average |
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| perseption-->physiological reaction-->emotion |
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| perseption--> thalamus-->physiological reaction & emotion |
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| interactions among physical, social, psychological, factors in determining health |
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Breast Cancer (pettingale) |
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| Get out negative emotions for a better and faster recovery |
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| Strong support from friends and family = nobody got full blown aids |
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Psychophysiological disorders |
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| observable damage to the body i.e heart disease, asthma etc |
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percieved stressor --> primary appraisal (am i in danger?)
if yes, HPA activates
secondary appraisal (how to cope) |
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| Males COMPLETE suicide attempts 3x's more often than females. Women will ATTEMPT more often than males. |
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Personality type A
(williams 1985)
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| hostility is a toxic component heart attack prone |
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Percieve personal control
balance life comitments
view changes as challenges
optimistic spirit |
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