PSYC 235 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Tampon, Antihypertensive Drug, Gyne
3 Jan 2017
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Questionnaires: female sexual functioning index (fsfi) How do you rate your confidence that you can get/keep erection: sexual desire inventory (sdi) Medical exam: medical conditions can affect sexual functioning, drugs can negatively impact sexual arousal. For hypertension, anxiety, depression: surgery or medical conditions, urologists (for male patients) and gynecologists (female patients, check on sex hormone levels. Cognitive assessment: to examine how individuals process sexual information. Subjective assessment: pre- and post- stimulus, continuous self-report (csr) ratings. Penile plethysmography: penile strain gauge, rubber, mercury-filled tube placed around the middle of the penis, penis becomes erect -> gauge stretches -> electrical current changes. This change in current can be measured. Vaginal and clitoral photoplethysmography: light source and photo cell, measures: Measures changes in genital temp through infrared heat emitted from skin surface. Sexual arousal -> increase in blood flow -> increase in surface temperature. Uses a laser beam to directly measure blood flow in the genitals.
