[PSYC 3533] - Final Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (78 pages long)

• School: Memorial University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3533
• Professor: adambrown

Document Summary

Sex: can refer to the act of sexual intercourse; 2) refers to the fact of anatomically being male or female. Gender: the state of being male or female; not biology. Sexual behaviour: behaviour that produces arousal and increases the chance of orgasm. Influences on sexuality: religion, science, the media. Religion can be considered a source of values and ethics regarding sexuality. Provided most of the info that people had about sexuality: until about 100 years ago. Every religion is different and has different views regarding sexuality. Lead to vies of sex as shameful and unclean. Science (cid:862)moder(cid:374)(cid:863) se(cid:454) resear(cid:272)h (cid:271)ega(cid:374) i(cid:374) the late (cid:1005)(cid:1012)(cid:1004)(cid:1004)s: victorian era, sexual norms were still rigid and oppressive. Richard von kraft-ebing (1840-1902: coined many terms we still use today, sadism, masochism, pedophilia, heterosexuality, homosexuality. Sigmund freud (1856-1939: founder of psychiatry and psychoanalysis, explored the psychological aspects of sexuality. Henry havelock ellis (1859-1939: studied sexuality and was free of judgements, viewed females as having sexual desires.