Chapter 8.2

Question 1

Plateau phase

Answer 1

further penile enlargment and reduction in diameter of vaginal walls due to blood flow and there is an increased phsyiological arousal but slower.

Question 2

decrease in ————- is associated with decreased sexual desire

Answer 2

testosterone

Question 3

Orgasmic phase:

Answer 3

sexual arousal reaches it peak: - muscular contraction - heart rate, respiration, blood pressure increases sharply - In males ejaculation of seminal fluid

Question 4

women wants how many sexual partners?

Answer 4

5

Question 5

what did the kinsey reports do?

Answer 5

study the sexual behaviour in the human male and female

Question 6

excitement phase:

Answer 6

Penile and clitoral enlargement, vaginal lubrication. Increased muscle tension, respiration, heart rate and blood pressure.

Question 7

men want how many sexual partners?

Answer 7

19

Question 8

what are the theories of homosexual behaviour?

Answer 8

1. Behavioural- pairing of same-sex stimuli with arousal 2. Cognitive- thought processes 3. Psychoanalytic- detached ineffective father and over protecting close binding mother.

Question 9

Increased ———- increases sexual desire in women

Answer 9

estrogen

Question 10

Resolution phase:

Answer 10

• Reduction in sexual and physiological arousal - refractory period in men but does not have to be a refractory period in women