PSY 3666 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Vaginal Lubrication, Tumescence, Vasocongestion
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Influences on sexuality: hormones and neurotransmitters. Neurotransmitters: specialized chemical messengers in the body that transmit messages from one nerve cell to another (oxytocin, serotonin, dopamine, vasopressin) Testosterone and estrogen (hormones: family background-married vs. divorced parents, openness to discussions about sex, ethnicity- forms a sexualized perimeter , sexual attitudes, ability to communicate about sex, sexual behaviors, frequency, religion-more religious usually correlates more conservative sexual views. Studying sexual response: sexual response: series of physiological and psychological changes that occur in the body during sexual behavior, masters and johnson"s sexual response cycle. Sexual response cycle: four-stage model of sexual arousal proposed by masters and johnson: excitement: an erection occurs in males and vaginal lubrication (transudation) occurs in females, plateau: occurs before orgasm in which vasocongestion builds up. Myotonia: involuntary contractions of the muscles: resolution: the body returns to the prearoused state. Transudation: the lubrication of the vagina during sexual arousal.
