 |
1 | |
Who are William Masters and Virginia Johnson and from what backgrounds did they come? When and in what form did Masters and Johnson report their findings on the physiology of human sexual response? What occurs during the two basic physiological processes of myotonia and vasocongestion? |
| | |
|
|
2 | |
What physiological changes occur in males and females during the excitement phase of the sexual response cycle? What factors affect how quickly these changes occur? How are myotonia and vasocongestion related to these changes? What is meant by the “ballooning” response, “tenting effect,” and “sex flush”? |
| | |
|
|
3 | |
What are the main physiological changes that occur in males and females during the plateau phase of sexual response? What is meant by the orgasmic platform? |
| | |
|
|
4 | |
What are the main physiological changes that occur in males and females during orgasm? What are the two stages of orgasm in males and what is meant by “ejaculatory inevitability”? What does orgasm in the female feel like, and how do those sensation compare to those of males? Why do women “fake” orgasms? |
| | |
|
|
5 | |
What physiological changes occur in males and females during the resolution phase of the sexual response cycle? How long does the resolution phase typically take, and how does that differ when someone has not had an orgasm? What two stages are involved in the detumescence of the male penis and what is a refractory period? |
| | |
|
|
6 | |
What distinction has been made between a clitoral orgasm and a vaginal orgasm , and how did Freud interpret this distinction? What findings of Masters and Johnson suggest that the distinction between clitoral and vaginal orgasms does not make sense? |
| | |
|
|
7 | |
What are multiple orgasms and during whose research were they first discussed? How do multiple orgasms work physiologically and when are they most likely to occur? What evidence is there that some men are capable of having multiple orgasms? |
| | |
|
|
8 | |
What important criticisms have been made of Masters and Johnson’s model of sexual response? |
| | |
|
|
9 | |
How does Helen Singer Kaplan’s triphasic model of sexual response differ from Masters and Johnson’s four-stage model? What justifications support her triphasic model? |
| | |
|
|
10 | |
What are the steps in Walen and Roth’s cognitive model of sexual response, and what does this model add to our understanding of sexual response? |
| | |
|
|
11 | |
How do receptors, transmitters, and effectors operate in a spinal cord reflex? How do the spinal reflexes of erection and ejaculation operate? What occurs during retrograde ejaculation? |
| | |
|
|
12 | |
What is currently known about reflex mechanisms in the sexual response of women? What research exists that supports the existence of female ejaculation, the Grafenberg spot (or G-spot), and the uterine orgasm? What research contradicts these findings? |
| | |
|
|
13 | |
What phenomena point to the critical influence of the brain in controlling sexual response? What is the limbic system, and what evidence exists about its importance in sexual behavior, pleasure, and aggression? |
| | |
|
|
14 | |
What are some examples of the organizing effects of hormones on sexual behavior and what research documents these effects? What is a “critical period”? What are some examples of the activating effects of hormones on sexual behavior? How do humans and lower species differ with regard to the relative influences of brain and hormonal control? What evidence demonstrates the importance of testosterone on the sexual desire of males and females? |
| | |
|
|
15 | |
How do stereotypes about the sexuality of physically disabled individuals differ from reality? How do spinal cord injuries impact sexual functioning in men and women? What four issues are especially important when considering the sexuality of mentally retarded persons? |
| | |
|
|
16 | |
What are the scientific considerations in the use of castration as a legal sentence for rapists? What other biological treatments for rapists are being explored and what part does psychotherapy have in these treatment? |
| | |
|
|
17 | |
What are pheromones, what sense do they involve, and how are they related to sexuality in animals? What evidence is there that pheromones have some influence on sexuality in humans? How are pheromones linked to menstrual synchrony? |
| | |
|