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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
11/19/2012

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Term
Sexual response cycle
Definition
-4 stages of sexual responding described by Masters & Johnson
- Excitement, Plateau, Orgasm, Resolution.
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Sexual disorder
Definition
A problem that consistently impairs sexual arousal or functioning.
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Estrogen
Definition
Sex hormones secreted in greater amounts by females than by males & contributing female sex characteristics
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Testosterone
Definition
-Most important of the male sex hormones
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Sexual orientation
Definition
An enduring sexual attraction toward members of either one's own sex or other sex.
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Kinsey
Definition
-Did reports on sexual activity
- Asked "when they engaged in a sexual activity.

-Strength= a lot of people interviewed.
-Weakness= only white people, no homosexuals.
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Simon LeVay
Definition
-Studied hypothalmas taken from deceased straights & gays.
-Different cell clusters in the brain from straights(large) and gays(small).
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