PSY 621 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: David Buss
10 Feb 2016
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Human sexuality - cpsy 621 - oren amitay. When does love die - oxytocin production, brain reverts back to normal. What dies quickest - brain undergoes chemical changes at beginning of love (cocaine, choc. cigarettes, etc. has similar effect on brain as love) Decrease in serotonin associated with depression and anxiety (ocd) - feeling crazy in love - obsessive compulsive - brain changes. Oxytocin is bonding hormone - comes with intercourse - oxytocin triggers labour - men get rush of oxytocin for first three to six months of love- Crazy in love - passion dies after three to six months. Peplau study - found that women adhere to religious rules better than males. More religious woman is - longer waited to have sex. Virgins - males or females - when other partner was not virgin had sex within two years if women were virgins two thirds of women gave up virginity when partner was experienced.
