PSY 3391 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Lordosis Behavior, Oophorectomy, Ovulation

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 3391
• Professor: Nafissa Ismail

Document Summary

= all the behaviours around copulation that the female displays to initiate sex(?) Regulated by e2 and p (estrodile and preceptive behaviour) Estrodile= the most common type of estrodile. Proceptive behaviours are highly regulated by estrodile and preceptive behaviour. High concentrations of e2 facilitate proceptive behavior. In ovx rhesus monkeys, e2 increases proceptivity in absence of male interest (non- breeding season): The amount of preceptive behaviours in females towards a male outside the breeding season when male isn"t really sexually active. 3 groups of females, the idea was to be able to control the amount of estrodile. Check the graph to see the di . groups lecture 10. They put them w/ a male in a chamber for 6 hours and examined the female behaviours. Approach, contact (how much they touch the male), groom, presentation (how likely they were to display their (?) Results: when they were ovariwctomized and estrodial was present, preceptive behaviours were present.