Modules 54 and 55 - Sexual Motivation and Affiliation and Achievement

affiliation need

the need to build relationships and to feel part of a group

ostracism

deliberate social exclusion of individuals or groups

narcissism

excessive self-love and self-absorption

self-esteem

how much you value, respect, and feel confident about yourself

achievement motivation

a desire for significant accomplishment: for mastery of things, people, or ideas; for attaining a high standard

grit

passion and perseverance in the pursuit of long-term goals

sexual response cycle

the four stages of sexual responding described by Masters and Johnson - excitement, plateau, orgasm, and resolution

refractory period

a resting period after orgasm, during which a man cannot achieve another orgasm

asexual

having no sexual attraction to others

estrogens

sex hormones, such as estradiol, secreted in greater amounts by females than by males and contributing to female sex characteristics. In nonhuman female mammals, estrogen levels peak during ovulation, promoting sexual receptivity

testosterone

Male sex hormone

William Masters and Virginia Johnson

researchers who described the human sexual response cycle