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| The behavioral, cultural, or psychological traits typically associated with one sex. |
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| Complex clusters of ways in which males and females are expected to behave within a given culture. |
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| The ways in which we experience and express ourselves as sexual beings. |
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| The qualities in life that are deemed important or unimportant, right or wrong, desirable or undesirable. |
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| Principles of Critical Thinking (1) |
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1. Be Skeptical
2. Examine Definitions of Terms
3. Examine the assumptions or premises of arguments.
4. Be cautious in drawing conclusions from evidence.
5. Consider alternative interpretations of research evidence.
6. Consider kinds of evidence on which conclusions are based.
7. Do not over simplify.
8. Do not overgeneralize. |
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| Worship of the penis as a symbol of generative power. |
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| The prohibition against intercourse and reproduction among close blood relatives. |
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| Sexually responsive to either gender. |
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| A prostitute - especially the mistress of a noble or wealthy man. |
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| A secondary wife, usually of inferior legal and social status. |
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| Sexual relations between a person and an animal. |
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| The practice of achieving sexual gratification through hurting or humiliating others. |
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| A sexual activity involving oral contact with the penis. (Blow Job) |
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| A sexual activity involving oral contact with the female genitals. |
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| Sexual intercourse between people who are not married to one another. |
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| The development of a species to its present state, which is believed to involve adaptations to its environment. |
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| The evolutionary process by which adaptive traits enable members of a species to survive to reproductive age and transmit these traits to future generations. |
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| A random change in the molecular structure of DNA. |
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| The rodlike structures that reside in the nuclei of ever living cell and carry the genetic code in form of genes. |
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| Deoxyribonucleic acid - the chemical substance whose molecules make up genes and chromosomes. |
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| The theory of personality originated by Sigmund Freud, which proposes that human behavior represents the outcome of clashing inner forces. |
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| In psychoanalytic theory, automatic processes that protect the ego from anxiety by disguising or ejecting ideas and urges. |
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| The automatic ejection of anxiety-evoking ideas from consciousness. |
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| Parts of the body, including but not limited to the sex organs, that are responsive to sexual stimulation |
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| Psycho-sexual Development (1) |
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| In psychoanalytic theory, the process by which sexual feelings shift from one erogenous zone to another. |
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| In psychoanalytic theory, a conflict of the phallic stage in which the boys wishes to possess his mother sexually and perceives his father as a rival in love. (vice versa for girls) |
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| A theory that challenges heternomativity and heterosexism. |
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| The attributing of human characteristics to an animal. |
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| A complete group of organism or events. |
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| A carefully drawn, in-depth biography of an individual or a small group of individuals that may be obtained though interviews, questionnaires, and historical records. |
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| Naturalistic Observation (2) |
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| A method in which organisms are observed in their natural environments. |
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| Ethnographic Observation (2) |
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| A method of research that deals descriptively with specific cultures, especially preliterate societies. |
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| Participant observation (2) |
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| A method in which observers interact with the people they study as they collect data. |
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| Laboratory Observation (2) |
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| A method in which subjects are studied in a laboratory setting. |
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| A statistical measure of the relationship between two variables. |
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| Correlation Coefficient (2) |
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| A statistic that expresses the strength and direction (positive or negative)of a relationship between two variables. |
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| A scientific method that seeks to confirm cause-and-effect relationships by manipulating independent variables and observing their effects on dependent variables. |
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| In experiments, an intervention that is administered to participants so that its effects may be observed. |
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| What is manipulated in an experiment |
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| What is being measured in an experiment. |
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| A group of study participants who receive a treatment. |
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| A group of study participants who don't receive the experimental treatment. However, other conditions held comparable to those of individuals in the experimental group. |
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| A bias that may operate in research when people are allowed to determine whether or not they will receive treatment. |
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| Chemical substances secreted externally by certain animals, which convey information to, or produce specific responses in, other members of the same species. |
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| Parts of the body that are especially sensitive to tactile sexual stimulation. |
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| Primary Erogenous Zones (5) |
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| Erogenous zones that are particularly sensitive because they are richly endowed with nerve endings. |
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| Secondary Erogenous Zones (5) |
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| Erogenous zones that become especially sensitive though experience. |
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| Drugs or other agents that are sexually arousing or that increase sexual desire. |
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| A substance that decreases the levels of androgens in the bloodstream. May have an-aphrodisiac effects. |
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| A chemical that is secreted directly into the bloodstream by a ductless glad, and which influences the functions of the body and/or behavior. |
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| A brief period of fertility that corresponds to ovulation. |
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| Surgical removal of the ovaries. |
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| Sexual Response Cycle (5) |
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| Masters and Johnson's model of sexual response, which consists of four phases. (excitement, plateau, orgasm, and resolution) |
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| The swelling of the genital tissues with blood, which causes an erection of the penis and engorgement of the area surrounding the vaginal opening. |
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| The first phase of the sexual response cycle, which is characterized by erection in the male, vaginal lubrication in the female, and muscle tension and increases in heart rate in both male and female. |
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| A reddish rash that appears on the chest or breasts late in the excitement phase of the sexual response cycle. |
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| The second phase of the sexual response cycle, which is characterized by increases in vasocongestion, muscle tension, heart rate, and blood pressure in preparation for orgasm. |
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| Reddening of the labia minora that occurs during the plateau phase. |
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| The phase of the sexual response cycle that is characterized by rapid succession of muscular contractions in the genital regions of both males and females, and also my ejaculation by males. |
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| The 4th phase of the sexual response cycle, during which the body gradually returns to its prearoused state. |
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| A period of time following a response (ex. orgasm) during which an individual is no longer responsive to stimulation (ex. sexual stimulation) |
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| One or more additional orgasms following the first, which occur within a short period of time and before the body has returned to a pre-plateau level of arousal. |
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| The external sexual structures of the female. |
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| Another term for the external sexual structures of the female. |
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| A mound of fatty tissue that covers the joint of the pubic bones in front of the body, below the abdomen and above the clitoris. |
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| Large folds of the skin that run down along the sides of the vulva(lips) |
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| Hairless, light-colored membranes, located between the labia majora. |
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| A female sex organ consisting of a shaft and glans located above the urethral opening. It is extremely sensitive to sexual sensations. |
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| The fold of the skin covering the glans of the clitoris (or penis). |
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| Similar in structure; developing from the same embryonic tissue. |
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| Surgical removal of the clitoris. |
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| The area in the labia minora that contains the openings to the vagina and the uretha. |
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| An inflammation of the urinary bladder. |
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| A fold of tissue across the vaginal opening that is usually present at birth and remains at least partly in tact until a woman engages in coitus. |
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| The tubular sex organ that contains the penis during sexual intercourse and through which a baby is born. |
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| Application of a jet of liquid to the vagina as a rinse. |
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| The lower end of the uterus. |
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| The opening in the middle of the cervix. |
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| A test of a sample of cervical calls that screens for cervical cancer and other abnormalities. |
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| The hallow, muscular,pear shaped organ in which a fertilized ovum implants and develops until birth. |
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| The uppermost part of the uterus. |
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| The inner most layer of the uterus. |
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| A condition caused by the growth of edometrial tissue in the abdominal cavity or elsewhere outside the uterus and characterized by menstrual pain. |
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| The middle, well-muscled layer of the uterus. |
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| The outer layer of the uterus. |
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| Pregnancy in which a fertilized ovum implants outside the uterus, usually in the fallopian tube. |
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| Secondary Sex Characteristics |
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| Traits that distinguish the sexes from one another but are not directly involved in reproduction. |
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| The cyclical bleeding that stems from the shedding of the uterine lining. |
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| The male sex hormone that fosters the development of male sex characteristics and is connected with the sex drive. |
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| The first phase of the menstrual cycle, which begins with the end of menstruation and lasts about nine or ten days. During this phase, the endometrium proliferates. |
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| The loose skin that covers the penile glans. Also referred to as the prepuce. |
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| Surgical removal of the foreskin of the penis. |
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| The body of the penis, which expands as a result of vasocongestion. |
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| The pouch of loose skin that contains the testes. |
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| The muscle in the middle layer of the scrotum that contracts and relaxes in response to temperature changes. |
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| Serving as the vas deferens, preventing sperm from reaching the ejaculatory duct. |
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| The gland that lies beneath the bladder and secretes prostatic fluid, which gives semen its characteristic odor and texture. |
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| The whitish fluid that constitutes the ejaculate, consisting of sperm and secretions from the seminal vesicles, prostate, and Cowper's glands. |
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| Inflammation of the prostate gland. |
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