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UNDERSTANDING THE SELF

WEEK 9: SEXUAL SELF: THE SEXUAL:

UNDERSTANDING SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, STIS,
AND CONTRACEPTION
 REPORTERS

MAKI KENNY MORENA GLEZZY ALEXA

PROCEED
DO YOU
The meaning of UNDERSTANDING THE SELF is having insight into one’s
own behavior, attitudes, strength, and weakness?

KNOW
LUST, LOVE, AND
UNDERSTANDING THE CHEMISTY OF

ATTACHMENT
 3 STAGES OF FALLING
IN LOVE

According to anthropologist Helen Fisher

(2016) there are three stages of falling in love.
In each stage, a different set of brain chemical
run the show. These stages are lust, attraction,
and love.
 LUST

• Lust is driven by the desire for sexual

gratification. The evolutionary basis for this
is from people’s need to reproduce, a need
shared among all living things.

• The hypothalamus of the brain plays a big

role in this, stimulating the production of the
sex hormones testosterone and estrogen
from the testes and ovaries.
 ATTRACTION

• Attraction is characteristic that causes

pleasure or interest by appealing to a
person’s desires or tastes, and causes one to
be drawn to the other.

• In this stage, a person may begin to be

obsessed about their object of affection and
crave for his presence.
 ATTRACTION
• Attraction has brain pathways that controls
“reward” behavior, which explains the first
few months of a relationship.

-Dopamine
-Norepinephrine

• Brain scans of people in love have actually

shown that the primary “reward” centers of
the brain. Finally, attraction seems to lead to
a reduction in serotonin, a hormone that is
involved in appetite and mood. In the end,
everyone is capable of defining love for
themselves.
 ATTACHMENT
• This stage involves wanting to make a more
lasting commitment to your loved one.

• Understanding the science of lust, attraction,

and attachment can help a person develop
more realistic expectations of their
relationships.

• Most romantic relationships begin with two

individuals falling into love with each other.
The singer Robert Palmer compares love
with an addiction.
 ATTACHMENT
• Fisher, et al. (2006) concluded that, rather
than defining love as an emotion, “being in
love” can be considered a strong motivation
– an addictive craving to be with the other
person (Hewstone et al., 2015).

• In a study of Tennov in 1979, though sex is

an important component of romantic love,
95% of women and 91% of male
respondents did not agree with the
statement that “the best thing about love is
sex”.
DO YOU
UNDERSTANDING THE SELF is the individual’s ability to say and know what he or she is good
at or needs improvement?

KNOW
JOHN LEE’S LOVE
 EROS (EH-ros)
• Love is based on a strong sexual and emotional
component wherein it creates excitement.

• Usually represented by the famous line " love at

first sight."
 AGAPE (AH-gah-
pay)
• Altruistic and selfless love. The person shows his
love without expecting to receive the same in
return.
 STORGE (Store-
gay)
• Loverelated friendship based on nonsexual affection.

• When love is storge, love takes time.

 LUDUS
• Love is just a game, something for fun and
entertainment.

• They manipulate their partners by lying, cheating

and deceiving.
 MANIA
• An intense feeling which may lead to obsessive and
possessive love towards the loved one.

• Manic lovers easily get jealous which their

experience of love is out of control.
 PRAGMA
• Practical and business-like love

• Love is based on what is appropriate.

TRIANGULAR THEORY
BY ROBERT STERNBERG

OF LOVE
 According to Robert Sternberg, love is made up of three
components:

This includes the This is the cold Intensely romantic

desire to give and component of love. or sexual desire for
receive emotional It is the decision to another person
closeness, support, maintain the usually
caring, and relationship accompanied by
sharing. through good physical attraction
times and bad and psychological
times. arousal.

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INTIMACY PASSION COMMITMMENT
TYPES OF LOVE
BASED ON THE TRIANGULAR THEORY OF LOVE
 TYPES OF
LOVE
BASED ON THE TRIANGULAR THEORY OF LOVE
1. Liking (Intimacy) - Just a friendly
relationship.

2. Infatuation (Passion) – Usually called “love

at first sight” and may fade quickly.

3. Empty Love (Commitment) – Couples only

stay together for their children and other
important reasons.

4. Romantic Love (Passion and Intimacy) –

Characterized by emotional intensity and
sexual excitement.
 TYPES OF
LOVE
5.BASED
Companionate Love THEORY
ON THE TRIANGULAR (Intimacy and
OF LOVE
Commitment) – Experienced in a long
deeply committed friendship or marriage
where passion has faded.

6. Fatuous Love (Passion and Commitment) –

Couples who spent a short time in courtship
suddenly decided to get married.

7. Consummate Love (Passion, Intimacy, and

Commitment) – Shared by people
considered to be ideal to each other.
 Psychological theories that would explain why people fall
in love:

The better the feeling This explains the most This explains that love
associated with the acceptable theories arose due to some
behavior of a person, about emotions: the sociobiological need.
the more likely it is for bodies experience a
the behavior to be physiological change
repeated. first, then people
assign an emotion to
that physical sensation

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BEHAVIORAL PHYSIOLOGICAL EVOLUTIONARY
REINFORCEMENT AROUSAL THEORY THEORIES
THEORY
 Based on social psychological data from Rosenthal
(2013), the factors that would determine with whom
people fall in love are:

PHYSICAL
RECIPROCITY PROXIMITY SIMILARITIES
ATTRACTIVENESS

UTS WHAT’S NEXT

 THE DIVERSITY OF SEXUAL
BEHAVIOR:
Solitary, heterosexual, homosexual,
bisexual and transsexual

• Human sexual behavior

• Sociosexual behavior
- Heterosexual behavior
- Homosexual behavior

• Solitary behavior
 THE DIVERSITY OF SEXUAL
BEHAVIOR:
Rosenthal (2013) defined sexual
orientation as a person’s predisposition
or inclination regarding sexual behavior,
emotional attachment or physical
attraction to one or both sexes.

Types of sexual orientations:

1. Heterosexuality
2. Homosexuality
-Lesbian
-Gay
3. Bisexual
4. Transsexual
5. Pansexual
SEXUALLY
TRANSMITTED DISEASES
 STD
SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES

-Are also known as Sexually Transmitted

Infections (STI)

-These are infections that are commonly spread

by sexual intercourse

The following are some examples of STI:

1. HIV/Aids
2. Genital Herpes
3. Genital Warts
4. Gonorrhea
5. Syphilis
6. Chlamydia
HIV/AIDS
GENITAL
HERPES
GENITAL WARTS
GONORRHEA
SYPHILIS
CHLAMYDIA
DO YOU
The three components of self concept are: self image, self worth, and self image?

KNOW
METHODS OF
(ARTIFICIAL AND NEUTRAL)

CONTRACEPTION
 WHAT IS CONTRACEPTION?

Contraception - The use of drugs,

devices or surgery to prevent
pregnancy.
 METHODS OF
CONTRACEPTION
Why people use contraceptives?

• To prevent pregnancy
• Certain health advantages
e.g. : Some hormonal birth control
methods may help regulate your period,
reduce acne, and/or lower
endometriosis-related pain.

• In reality, contraceptives use entails

consideration of more than just
medical just medical safety.

• Decision-making
 HORMONAL METHOD OF
CONTRACEPTION
a. Oral Contraceptives (Pills)
b. The Patch
 BARRIER METHODS
a. Diaphragm
b. Cervical Caps
c. Male and female Condoms or spermicides
 BEHAVIORAL METHODS
a. Rhythm or Calendar Method
b. Abstinence or celibacy
c. Outercourse
d. Withdrawal
 STERILIZATION
a. Tubal Ligation/Sterilization
b. Vasectomy
INTRAUTERINE DEVICE (IUD)
EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION
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