PSY 250- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 14 pages long!)
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Chapter 7 notes: the excitement phase: time of arousal and preparation for intercourse. Penis becomes erect through the swelling of blood. Vaginal lips swell and open and vagina lubricates clitoris and nipples become erect: plateau: the increasing of arousal starts to level off for a few minutes/seconds, occurs before the orgasm. Vagina tightens and increases lubrication: resolution: occurs after the orgasm, the arousal decreases and the body returns to its normal state, refractory: time when a male is unable to have arousal or orgasm again. Only applicable to males, females do not experience this. Orgasm: the period is about a few seconds, feeling of intense pleasure: male: Penis has rhythmic contractions and dispenses seminal fluid: female: Coolidge effect: a male can become sexually aroused faster in the refractory phase due to the introduction of a new partner. Castration: the gonads (testes or ovaries: gonads produce most of the sex hormones, so castration greatly decreases sexual motivation in both sexes.
