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Sexual Behavior Ch9
Final Exam
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| sexual response cycle | a pattern of physiological responses during sexual activity |
| excitement phase | increase in blood flow to genitals, feelings of arousal |
| plateau phase | increase in pulse, breathing, and blood pressure |
| orgasm phase | involuntary muscle contractions, increase in breathing and heart rate, contractions of vagina and ejaculation of semen |
| resolution phase | the males enter a refractionry period, dramatic release of sexual tension and slow return to a normal state of arousal |
| secondary sexual charateristics | pubic hair, body hair, and breasts |
| puberty | hormone levels increase throughout the body and stimulate physical changes during teenage years |
| nitric oxide | chemical that acts as a neurotransmitter in the brain and is critical for sexual behavior |
| Sexual scripts | cognitive beliefs about how a sexual episode should be enacted |
| sexual strategies theory | evolutionary theory that suggests men and women look for different qualities in thier relationship partners because of gender-specific adaptive problems |
| eroic plasticity | the extent that sex drive can be shaped by social, cultural, and situational factors |