sexual motivation-AP psych unit 6

Surveyed Americans (well educated rich white people) on sex preferences (most have had premarital sex and masturbated)

The Kinsey reports

A study by masters and Johnson says the four stages of sexual responses are…

Excitement, plateau, orgasm, resolution

Resting period after an orgasm when a man cannot have another orgasm

Refractory period

Secretion of hormones in the ___ stimulates the ___

Hypothalamus, pituitary gland

Sex hormone secreted in greater amounts by females

Estrogen

Most important sex hormone in men, manufactured in testes (after castration, males lose interest)

Testosterone

Men and women can be aroused equally by

Different parts of the brain

Repeated exposure can…

Desensitize sexual activities

Fantasies and dreams that arouse someone (men fantasize about sex more than women)

Imagined stimuli