Lecture 6 Psychosexual Dvpt Flashcards
(40 cards)
A lot of our ideas around sexuality are associated with …
Fertility/reproductive years
What’s the number 1 reason older people stop having sex
Health
What’s the 2nd reason older people stop having sex?
Widowed (majority women)
There’s very little info about child sexuality why?
Children not able to consent and parents won’t consent for them
Research has shown that children who have gone through sex education are more likely to…
Delay sexual intercourse and other sexual context and making more judicial decisions
Parents and teachers are good to survey about Child sexuality but what’s the problem
Under/over reporting because of social desirability effect + they don’t catch everything
Why do adults freak out when witnessing child sexual behaviour
They project adult intentions onto child behaviour
Adolescent sexuality reasearcg is ____
Problem driven
What type of attachment do we see in infancy? (0-2yrs)
Psychological bond that forms between infant and caregiver
What is the first stage of gender identification?
Seen in infancy
Gender awareness: knowing difference between boy and girl
Non genital sensual experiences in infancy can cause what
Neuro reflexive response such as lubrication or erection
In infancy no part of their body is taboo until?
They start interpret parents non-verbal cues
What is the period where we are most sexual behaviourally active
Early childhood (3-7yrs)
What is the second stage of gender identification found at 4 yrs old
Gender stability: child figured out that you’re born boy or girl (stereotypical)
What is the third state of gender identification found between 5-7yrs
Gender constancy: able to understand that anatomy is permanent and not everything is about stereotypical looks
What is the exhibitionist stage found in childhood ?
90% of children love showing off their nakedness. But we have a responsibility to teach social etiquette
What should you do when you see your child self stimulating ?
Recognize, validate and give them a place to do that (instead of them feeling guilty while doing it)
What is different between child sex play and adult sex play ?
The sexual element is integrated spontaneously, there’s no premeditation because that’s an adult intention
What is the function of child sex play during 3-7yrs
Curiosity, compare and to reassure (am I different or the same?)
What is a yellow light in terms of sexual abuse in early childhood
When a child is told to stop something a few times in terms of sexual behaviour and continues doing it or when their doing it and not happy
Boys masturbate more frequently than girls. Why?
Their genitals are more outward
Boys often discover masturbation from _____
While girls discover it _______
From friends/media
By accident
Homosociality is seen in pre adolescence meaning
Boys and girls are divided
Between 10 and late adolescence both boys and girls exhibit a range of same sex behaviours which are motivated by
Their curiosity, exploration and resssurance of their gender identity, their body image and their sexual orientation
