Lesson 11: Sexual Behaviors

FINALS

Auditory experience

> Sexual activities are also a verbal communication process.
> Sounds give additional context to sexual situations.
> In sexual interactions, one may give verbal erotic words that trigger sexual response or verbal expression of affection.

> Popular music have love and sex as themes in songs

Three Primary Psychological Domains

Cognition, Affect, Behavior

Cognition

pertains to people's thought processes such as memory, perception, and information-processing

Affect

pertains to people's emotions and feelings

Behavior

pertains to people's actions

Motivation

Something that drives us to do something.

Frequency

How many times an action is done in a span of time.

Duration

How long does an action take place (in seconds, minutes or hours)

Intensity

Magnitude by which is done

Diversity

What are the varieties of a similar behavior done in various contexts or what are the different behaviors we are capable of depending on our physical characteristics.

Sexual Behaviors

An action with sexual intention and context.

Erotic Behaviors

Related to sexual stimulation; has something to do with erogenous zones (eg, face, neck, genitalia and chest).

Masturbation

Stimulation of one's own genitals can be considered as auto-erotic (self-directed).

Homoerotic Behaviors

Are behaviors oriented to the same sex

Heteroerotic Behaviors

Are behaviors oriented to the other sex.

Copulatory Behavior

Related to the insertion of the penis to the vagina

Common position in copulation process

Ventral-ventral, Ventral-dorsal & Non-Copulatory Behavior

Ventral-ventral

(ventris: abdomen) -the male and the female species are facing each other.

Ventral-dorsal

(dorsum: back) -the abdomen of the male species is facing the dorsum of the female species.

Non-Copulatory Behavior

Related to sexual behaviors such as hugging, kissing. caressing.

Oral Stimulation

Fellatio & Cunnilingus

Fellatio

oral stimulation of the penis.

Cunnilingus

oral stimulation of the vagina

Sexual Response Cycle

Sequence of events from arousal to orgasm to resolution of sexual tension.
➤Master and Johnson Model (1966, 1970)

➤Kaplan's Model (1979)

Master and Johnson's Model

Excitement, Plateau, Orgasm & Resolution

Excitement

The first phase in the cycle.

Plateau

The second phase in the cycle.

Orgasm

This phase is the climax of the sexual response cycle.

Resolution

In the human male, the outer reproductive organ returns to its normal unerected phase.

Kaplan's Model

Desire, Arousal & Orgasm

Desire

The psychological component of the sexual response.

Arousal

The phase where the Excitement and Plateau (as defined by Masters and Johnson) take place.

Orgasm

Orgasm in Kaplan's model is generally similar with that of the Masters and Johnson model, except that this phase also includes the Resolution phase.

Common Sexual Response Dysfunctions

Sexual desire disorder, Sexual arousal disorder, Orgasmic disorder & Sexual pain disorder

Sexual desire disorder

when an individual has low levels of desire or has an aversion to sexual activities.

Sexual arousal disorder

when an individual has problems. in achieving necessary physiological state for copulation (e.g.. erectile dysfunction in males)

Orgasmic disorder

when an individual has problems in achieving orgasm (e.g., premature ejaculation among males, male and female orgasmic disorders).

Sexual pain disorder

when there is an experience of pain during the sexual response cycle (e.g., painful erection or dyspareunia, and vaginal spasms or vaginismus.)

Paraphilia

Arousal from nonliving objects and or nonconsenting persons.

Paraphilic Disorder

When the urge or act lasts for at least six months and is a manifestation of clinically significant distress.

Common Paraphilic Disorders

> Exhibitionism
> Fetishism arousal
> Frotteurism touching
> Pedophilia arousal

> Sexual masochism arousal
> Transvestic fetishism

> Voyeurism observing

Exhibitionism

pleasure from exposing one's genitals to nonconsenting people

Fetishism arousal

arousal from non-living objects (e.g., shoes, socks, etc.)

Frotteurism

Touching or rubbing one's body or genitals to nonconsenting people

Pedophilia

arousal from children (prepubescent)

Sexual masochism

arousal from actually inflicting pain to others

Transvestic fetishism

(for heterosexual males only) arousal from wearing clothing by the opposite

Voyeurism

observing other people engaged in sexual activities.