Psychology 2075 Chapter 1: Psych 2075 Chapter 1

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2075
• Professor: Corey Isaacs

Document Summary

This book is about sexual behaviour and the biological, psychological and social forces that influence it. Kinsey: defined sex as behaviour that leads to orgasm: troubling bc not everyone reaches orgasm. Sexual behaviour is defined as behaviour that produces arousal and increases the chance of orgasm. Culture refers to traditional ideas and values that are transmitted to the group: these values serve as a basis for patterns of behaviour. Ethnocentrism tends to influence peoples understanding of human sexual behaviour. The major generalization that appears from cross cultural studies is that all societies regulate sexual behaviour in some way. Incest taboos are nearly universal: most societies also condemn forced sexual relations. Kissing is the most prominent in our culture, and also common in most other cultures: not appli(cid:272)a(cid:271)le to e(cid:448)e(cid:396)(cid:455) so(cid:272)iet(cid:455) though tho(cid:374)ga af(cid:396)i(cid:272)a(cid:374)s laughed (cid:449)he(cid:374) they first saw europeans kissing.