PSY 3122 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Human Sexual Response Cycle, Medical Ultrasound, Photoplethysmogram

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 3122
• Professor: Yara Kadulina

Document Summary

Which research method allows for inference of cause and effect relationships: experimental design. Measures an individual"s physiological response to sexual arousal. Measures such things as genital and neurological responses. Closely linked to sexual response cycle developed by masters and johnson. Part of the response cycle vasocongestion or genital blood ow, can be measured by taking the genital temperature, which indicates arousal. Penis swelling can be measure by the penile strain gauge. Both a thermometer and a clip (that gets clipped to labia) Has a sensor to provide information on surface temperature. Changes in blood ow increase temperature, indicating arousal. Putting penis in small container and as arousal grows, they measure the amount of space that"s left. Point light toward penis at dorsal artery to detect blog ow within it. Genital response return to baseline before next lm. Extent to which sexual response are affected by particular features of sexual stimulus.