PSYC 3450 Chapter Notes - Chapter midterm 1: Domestic Partnership, Sexual Intercourse, Miscegenation

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3450
• Professor: Dontremember

Document Summary

All we have is the present and the choices we make now. Four components of sexual development: understanding oneself sexually, develop interpersonal sexual skills and integrity, accurate scientific knowledge to enhance pleasure and protection, critical consideration of broader sociocultural context (ex. emergency contraception access vs. conscience laws and pharmacists) Times are changing, used to be love than sex now sex than love. Development including sexual development cannot be viewed outside of a cultural and historical context. Moved from a courtship culture to a hookup culture. Contraception became legal for unmarried couples in 1972 (u. s. a. ) Adult status: leaving your parents, marriage, sex, having children and working among adults. Collective cultures: happens at the same time, during the teen years (ex. a. Ambiguous when you become one, not defined (could be drivers license, sex, drink, vote) Between puberty and marriage engage in a series of romantic relationships (some with a sexual component)