Psychology 2075 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: American Psychological Association, Adolescent Sex, Vaginal Lubrication
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Before 1890- thought that sexuality was something that appeared at puberty. Infants have sexual urges and engage in sexual activity (found by freud: get erections, reflex erections occur in the male fetus for several months before birth. Female infants: vaginal lubrication has been in found 24h after birth. First intimate relationship is with mother: involve a good deal of physical contact, engages infants tactile, olfactory, visual and auditory senses, involve contact with sensitive organs, can produce physiological response of sensuous and sexual nature. The highly physiological and emotionally charged first encounters of a parent and infant play an indispensible part in the development process. Infants often are observed fondling their own genitals: question as to how conscious they are about it, engaging in some pleasurable, sexual self-stimulation. Orgasms are possible at this age: before puberty ejaculation cannot occur in boys. Affectionate or sexual: kiss, hug, pat, stroke, gaze at each other.