Psychology 2035A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Sexual Differentiation, Prenatal Development, Relativism

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2035A/B
• Professor: Alvin Segal

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Absolutism no sexual activity outside of marriage. Relativism the relationship determines whether sexual activity is appropriate. Hedonism anything goes: erotic preferencesencompass attitude about self-stimulation, oral sex and other sexual activities. Both genders are equally interested in erotic photo but differ for the activities depicted: explain how physiological factors influence sexual differentiation and maturation. During prenatal development, the gonads produce androgens (the male hormone, testosterone) causing masculinization of the genitals in the male fetus. in females, the ovaries produce estrogens, the principal class of female hormone.