PSY 3122 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Human Sexual Activity, Oedipus Complex, Human Sexuality

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 3122
• Professor: Lisa Henry

Document Summary

6 dimension model of sexuality: psychological dimension. Eroticism (things that trigger arousal and desire) ex: pedophiles eroticise aspects of children that turn them on. Self-esteem & body image: biological dimension ejaculation, lubrication) Reflexive responses to sexual stimulation (sexual response: Media (body images, representations of what is desirable and acceptable) All the acquired information that we gather about human sexuality. January 12th 2016: moral, spiritual religious dimension: Repercussions of actions that transgress into conducts. Socio-biology: studies the biological basis of social behaviours. Charles darwin: natural selection, adaptive behaviours and traits for mate selection, reproduction success, genetic transmission) Everything comes down to reproduction & offspring. Psychodynamic theory: freud: sexuality and eroticism are fundamental forces of life. Cognitive theory: focuses on how peoples perception, labelling and evaluations of events (whether positively or negatively) influences their sexual behaviour, people will choose actions that maximize rewards and. Explains human sexual behaviour using 4 levels of analysis (macro, subcultural, interpersonal, and individual) as being.