PH91 Human Sexuality

Something that is similar or comparable to something else.

Sexually responsive to either gender

The rodlike structures that reside in the nuclei of every living cell and carry the genetic code in the form of genes.

Sexual intercourse.

Sexual intercourse.

In psychoanalytic theory, automatic processes that protect the ego from anxiety by disguising or ejecting unacceptable ideas and urges.

Parts of the body, including but not limited to the sex organs, that are responsive to sexual stimulation.

The development of a species to its present state, which is believed to involve adaptations to its environment.

Psychologist who studies the effects of evolution on behavior and mental processes.

In psychoanalytic theory, arrested development, which includes attachment to objects of an earlier stage of psychosecual development.

Mutual sexual stimulation that precedes sexual intercourse.

Sexual intercourse between people who are not married to one another.

One's personal experience of being male or female.

Complex clusters of ways in which males and females are expected to behave within a given culture.

The behavioral, cultural, or psychological traits typically associated with one sex.

The basic units of heredity, which consist of chromosomal segments of DNA.

The basic units of heredity, which consist of chromosomal segments of DNA.

The ways in which we experience and express ourselves as sexual beings.

The prohibition against intercourse and reproduction among close blood relatives.

Acquiring knowledge and skills by observing others.

The practice of having one spouse.

Random changes in the molecular structure of DNA.

Sexual love of boys.

Images of the penis.

Worship of the penis as a symbol of generative power.

A form of marriage in which a woman has two or more husbands. (andros comes from the greek work meaning "man")

A form of marriage in which a man has two or more wives.

The theory of personality originated by Sigmund Freud, which proposes that human behavior represents the outcome of clashing inner forces.

The automatic ejection of anxiety-evoking ideas from consciousness.

The practice of achieving sexual gratification through hurting or humiliating others.

A person who engages in the scientific study of sexual behavior.

A cognitively oriented learning theory in which observational learning, values, and expectations play key roles in determining behavior.

The evolutionary process by which adaptive traits enable members of a species to survive to reproductive age and transmit these traits to future generations.

A sexual activity involving oral contact with the penis. 

In psychoanalytic theory, the process by which sexual feelings shift from one erogenous zone to another. 

A secondary wife, usually of inferior legal and social status.

Deoxyribonucleic acid- the chemical substance whose molecules make up genes and chromosomes.

In psychoanalytic theory, a conflict of the phallic stage in which the boy wishes to posssess his mother sexually and perceives his father as a rival in love. 

Arousiing sexual feelings or desires. 

Learning theorists who argue that a scietific approach to understanding behavior must refer only to observable and measurable behaviors. 

The qualities in life that are deemed important or unimportant, right or wrong, desirable or undesirable. 

A prostitute- especially the mistress of a noble or wealthy man. 

A sexual activity involving oral contact with the female genitals. 

Sexual relations between a person and an animal.