PSYC 1315 1st Edition Lecture 14 Last Lecture Motivation and emotion Current Lecture Motivation and emotion Sensory and perceptual factors Menandwomendifferinhowmuchtouchand visual stimulation motivate them sexually Women arousedbytouch Men arousedbywhattheysee Sexual Behavior Alfred Kinsey s 1948 Research Are most promiscuous or conservative Gender Differences Cognitions attitudes masturbation limits Definitions of Sex Research ClarkandHatfield 1989 menvs women Go out tonight 50 vs 50 Come over to my apt 70 vs 3 Go to bed with me 70 vs NONE BussandSchmitt 1993 How many sexual partners would you like to have during the rest of your life Men more than 18 Women fewer than 5 Coolidge Effect The sexually arousing power of a new partner greater than the appeal of a familiar partner Sexual Orientation Whether one is sexually and emotionally attracted to members of the same sex homosexual or other sex heterosexual More like a continuum Combination of genetic hormonal cognitive and environmental factors Biological factors Brain autopsies Twin Studies Maslow HierarchyofNeeds Individuals main needs are satisfied in the following sequence physiological safety love and belongingness esteem and selfactualization Self determination theory Posited 3 basic needs Competence Feeling as though we are able to bring about desired outcomes Self efficacy Relatedness Need to engage in warm relations with other people Autonomy Sense that we are in control of our own lives Emotion Feeling or affect that can involve physiological arousal conscious experience and behavioral expression Emotional Reactions Physiologicalarousal e g increased heart rate Behavioralexpression Consciousexperience e g vocalization e g internal thoughts feelings
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