PSY 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 44: Orgasm

• School: Pace University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 111
• Professor: Sporin

Document Summary

Sexual responses follow a regular pattern consisting of 4 phases: excitement, begins a sequence that prepares genitals for sexual intercourse, can last from just a few minutes to more than an hour, male: Penis becomes erect when blood flows into it: female: Clitoris swells b/c of increase in blood supply to the area. Muscle tension becomes greater as body prepares itself for next stage: orgasm, an intense, highly pleasurable experience, when orgasm stage is reached, females: Rhythmic muscular contractions occur in genitals every eight- tenths of a second: males: Ejaculation: contractions expel semen from the penis. Semen: fluid containing sperm: male & female: Heart rates reach maximum: resolution, body returns to resting state, reverses changes brought about by arousal, genitals resume to un-aroused size & shape, bp, breathing, & heart rate return to normal, females: Able to cycle back to orgasm phase. Then return to pre-stimulation state: males: Unable to have another orgasm & ejaculate.