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| female rats sexual MS depends on |
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| Female rats: o Remove estrogen -> |
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| o Remove estrogen -> eliminate motivation and behavior |
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| female rats: o Replace estrogen -> |
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| o Replace estrogen -> replace motivation and behavior |
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| female rats: o Remove adrenal glands |
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| o Remove adrenal glands (sole source of androgens in females) appears to increase sex motivation and behavior/ receptivity |
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| Male rats remove androgens |
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o Remove androgens -> decrease motivation and behaviors
• More gradual decline than effect of estrogen removal for females |
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| male rats Replace androgens-> replace motivation |
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| evidence in human males on hormones and sexual behavior |
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o Male- testosterone decreases at 40 and sexual motivation decreases
o Male- increase in puberty and increases sexual motivation
o Males that take steroids (androgens)
o Castrated males- removes testosterone -> sex behavior decreases |
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| evidence in human females on hormones and sexual behaviors |
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o Lack of consistent evidence for role of ovarian hormones (estrogen)
o No reliable pattern across menstrual cycle for sexual behavior
o Decreased motivation after menopause is unreliable
o Research more strongly supports the role of androgens
• Remove androgen -> decrease drive and activity
• Replace androgens -> restore motivation |
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| in male humans what type of correlation btw androgen levels and motivations |
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o Causal relationship- positive relation
• Remove androgen produces varied effects
Decreased drive and activity but not elimination
• Replace androgen -> restore motivation over days/weeks |
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| • Males (rats and monkeys) o Preoptic area: |
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| o Preoptic area: excitatory (if removed= decrease sex motivation) |
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• Males (rats and monkeys)
amygadala |
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o Amygdala: inhibitory /turning it off
• If Damage -> hypersexual
Women in UK in car crash and damaged it= cluver busee syndrome |
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• Females (rats)
o Ventromedial hypothalamus:
o Preoptic area: |
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o Ventromedial hypothalamus: excitatory
o Preoptic area: inhibitory |
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| inputs for sexual motivation |
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releasing stimuli
novelty, variety, coolidge effect |
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| • Trigger specific, hihgly scripted response patterns in some species |
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| • Releasing stimuli Interact w/ |
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| Interact w/internal state (hormone levels) |
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• Releasing stimuli Interact w/internal state (hormone levels)
As drive increases, |
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| so does range of eliciting stimuli |
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| releasing stimuli can change thru |
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| • Can change thru conditioning by: |
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| Associating a releasing stimulus w/an aversive event can decrease its arousing effects |
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| males are more likely to have more sex motivation is there is a large number of attractive ppl near by that act as sexual stimuli. How women travelling in group look more attractive than alone. |
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| after awhile one stimuli doesnt work as well bc youve seen it too many times. Names after president visiting a farm- farmers say chickens have sex a lot and the rooster is having sex w/different hens- theres so many attractive hens and move on to the next |
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| • Human attraction and arousal |
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youth
blondes= light skin, easier to tell health
waist to hip ratio
body/face symmetry= evolutionary shows good health |
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| External factors and sexual motivation all my trigger MS but- |
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but not predictable behavior
o Not releasing stimuli- doesnt always lead to behavior |
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| external factos like relasing stimuli- |
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| internal states may change the effectivesness of these external stimuli to be arousing |
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| • Learned components of “attractiveness” |
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o Cultural, social and individual definitions of attractiveness
• Tan skin, more slender |
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• Sexual beliefs and gender expectations
o Culture may define/determine |
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| • Appropriate age, frequency, and partner What acts constitute “having sex” The language of sexmay define how a sexual exchange plays out (script) • Culture attempts to control sexual motivation and behavior |
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| • Culture attempts to control sexual motivation and behavior |
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