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Lifespan Physcology Exam 3
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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
04/22/2009

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Health wise what are some major differences between male and female
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Female have stronger Thymus and more disease fighting genes/resistance to infection yet get sick more often. More problems with overactive immune system: arthritus, lupus, alzheimers
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When it comes to life expectancy what is the difference to men and women
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women live longer, if male is castrated they live longer, amish males live longer than females
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When it comes to hormones what are differences between male and females
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Female have less stress hormones, during puberty females estrogen is 18x higher, Males have 18x higher testosterone
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Gender Differences: Sex production things
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F-250,000 eggs
m-300mil sperm a day
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Gender Differences: Sexual decline
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f-menopause
m-no definitve end
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Gender Differences: Sexual response
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f-20-40%report orgasm
m-almost always
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Gender Difference: STDs
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f-more likely to contract, less likely to have symptoms
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Gender Differences: Infertility
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f-greater as females age
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Gender Differences: Aggression
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m-more aggressive in every society, phyisical
f-verbal
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Gender Differences: conversation
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f-talk more about weaknesses
m-report talk
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Gender Differences: relationships
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f-high priority on relationships, more likely to end relationships, more pragmatic and selective,
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Gender Differences: Social Dominance
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m-more dominant, express need for power
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Gender Differences: Intellectual
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f-better at basic math and verbal fluency
m-better abstract math, targeting, navigating
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Gender Differences: Psych problems
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m-more abusers, antisocial personality, hyperactive, drug abuse, retardation, autism
f-depression, anxiety disorders, eating disorders
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Gender Differences: Moral/Religious
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f-emphasize affective std, participate more in formal and personal religious activities, more likely say religion is important in their lives, help more with childrens problems
m-cognitive, help more in dangerous situations
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Gender Differences: Affect
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f-greater frequency of more intense and volatile emotions but passion is a better predictor of relationship satisfaction in men;committment for women
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What is nonerotic?
Definition
Lack of sexuality
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What is autoerotic?
Definition
self stimulation
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What is an orgasm?
Definition
spinal reflex, response to stimulation
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what is pornography?
Definition
viewing sexually explicit material, usually among the unmarried
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What is a paraphilias?
fetish?
Definition
sexual arousal to objects, or odd practices
an attraction to an object
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What is petting?
Definition
erotically touching another person with a sexual intent
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what is the differences between light, medium, and heavy petting
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light-erotic touching, clothes on, no genital contact
medium-clothes on, genital contact, rubbing together
heavy-clothes off, genital touching, 3 primary points of sexual activity: oral sex, mutual masterbation, anal sex
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what is intercourse?
Definition
penis into vagina
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what is abstinence?
Definition
abstaining from sexual intercourse
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what is the double standard?
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okay for men to be sexually experienced before marriage but not for women
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What is an orientation?
Definition
who you are sexually oriented to
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what is pedophillia?
Definition
exclusive interest in sex with kids
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what is incest?
Definition
sex between two people who are related but not husband and wife
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What are some results of rape?
Definition
post tramadic stress, avoidance, hyperarousal-certain trigger arousal
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courage
Definition
red, passion, persistance, risk,lion, fainheartedness
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what is morality?
Definition
conformity with generally accepted standards of goodness and rightness in conduct and character
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what is ethics?
Definition
morality applied to a particular domain
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what is religion?
Definition
belief in a divine being who is to be obeyed and worshiped
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Faith
Definition
blue, a ring, lies instability deception
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what is monogamy?
agomy?
Definition
1 man and 1 women
no marriage
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what is polygamy?
Definition
marriage to more than 1 spouse
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serial polygamy
Definition
marriage divorce, marriage...
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polygyny
Definition
man have more than one wife at a time
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adelphogamy
Definition
more than 1 husband at a time
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arranged marriage?
Definition
your parents pick your spouse
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mutual selection marriage
Definition
you choose people
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