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| 315321116 | Sex | either of the two categories (male or female) into which most organisms are divided | |
| 315321117 | Gender | in psychology, the biologically and socially influenced characteristics by which people define male and female | |
| 315321118 | Gender Roles | behaviors that tend to be associated with being male or female | |
| 315321119 | Gender Identity | your identity as it is experienced with regard to your individuality as male or female | |
| 315321120 | Transsexuals | people who identify with a different sex and sometimes undergo hormone treatment and surgery to change their sex | |
| 315321121 | Social-Cognitive Theory | emphasizes that people learn by observing the behavior of models and acquiring the belief that they can produce behaviors to influence events in their lives | |
| 315321122 | Gender-Schema Theory | the theory that children learn from their cultures a concept of what it means to be male and female and that they adjust their behavior accordingly. | |
| 315321123 | Evolutionary Theory | in psychological science, a theory that emphasizes the inherited, adaptive value of behavior and mental activity throughout the history of a species | |
| 315321124 | Sociocultural Theory | An emergent theory that holds that development results from the dynamic interaction between each person and the surrounding social and cultural forces. | |
| 315321125 | Androgyny | showing characteristics of both sexes | |
| 315321126 | Sexual Response Cycle | the four stages of sexual responding described by Matsters and Johnson-excitement, plateau, orgasm, and resolution. | |
| 315321127 | Vasocongestion | In the sexual response cycle, engorgement of the blood vessels, particularly in the genital area, due to increased blood flow | |
| 315321128 | Clitoris | the erectile structure located at the front of the vulva; area of stimulation for female | |
| 315321129 | Sexual Orientation | an enduring sexual attraction toward members of either one's own sex (homosexual orientation) or the other sex (heterosexual orientation). | |
| 315321130 | Myotonia | increased muscle tension. | |
| 315321131 | Refractory period | a resting period after orgasm, during which a man cannot achieve another orgasm. | |
| 315321132 | Alfred Kinsey | regarded by some as the father of the scientific study of human sexuality. Published a series of reports which described common sexual behaviors in the US | |
| 315321133 | Homophobia | prejudice against (fear or dislike of) homosexual people and homosexuality | |
| 315321134 | Paraphilias | Sexual disorders in which sexual arousal occurs almost exclusively in the context of inappropriate objects or individuals. | |
| 315321135 | Fetishism | a paraphilia in which a nonhuman object is the preferred or exclusive method of achieving sexual excitement | |
| 315321136 | Transvestism | deriving sexual arousal and pleasure from dressing in the clothing of the opposite sex | |
| 315321137 | Voyeurism | a paraphilia in which a person has repeated and intense sexual desires to observe unsuspecting people in secret as they undress or to spy on couples having intercourse and may act upon these desires | |
| 315321138 | Exhibitionism | Obtainment of sexual gratification by exposing one's genitals to involuntary observers | |
| 315321139 | Pedophilia | a paraphilia in which a person has repeated and intense sexual urges or fantasies about watching, touching, or engaging in sexual acts with prepubescent children and may carry out these urges or fantasies | |
| 315321140 | Sexual Sadism | obtaining sexual gratification from humiliating or physically harming a sex partner | |
| 315321141 | Sexual Masochism | Paraphilia in which sexual arousal is associated with experiencing pain or humiliation. | |
| 315321142 | Sexual Dysfunctions | dysfunctions in which the appetitive or psychophysiological changes of the normal sexual response cycle are inhibited | |
| 315321143 | Hypoactive sexual disorder | Apparent lack of interest in sexual activity or fantasy that would not be expected considering the person's age and life situation. | |
| 315321144 | Sexual aversion disorder | extreme and persistent dislike of sexual contact or similar activities | |
| 315321145 | Male erectile disorder | a dysfunction in which a man repeatedly fails to attain or maintain an erection during sexual activity | |
| 315321146 | Female sexual arousal disorder | sexual dysfunction involving an absence of sexual arousal and unresponsiveness to most or all forms of erotic stimulation | |
| 315321147 | Orgasmic disorders | difficulty reaching orgasm or reaching orgasm more quickly than desired | |
| 315321148 | Premature ejaculation | inability of man to inhibit orgasm as long as desired | |
| 315321149 | Performance Anxiety | the fear of performing inadequately and a related tension experienced during sex | |
| 315321150 | Sensate-focus exercise | Developed by Masters and Johnson, Exercises designed to reduce anxiety and teach mutual pleasuring through non-genital touching in non demanding situations. | |
| 315321151 | Rape | any form of sexual intercourse that takes place against a person's will | |
| 315321152 | Statutory rape | the act of unlawful sexual intercourse by an adult with someone under the age of consent, even if the minor is a willing and voluntary participant in the sexual act. | |
| 315321153 | Sexual harassment | comments, gestures, or physical contacts of a sexual nature that are deliberate, repeated, and unwelcome |
