AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Some women are capable of a rapid return to the orgasm phase with further sexual stimulation and may experience multiple orgasms. Men typically need recovery time after orgasm, called a refractory period, during which they cannot reach orgasm again.

Detailed explanation-2: -The sexual response cycle has four phases: excitement, plateau, orgasm, and resolution. Both men and women experience these phases, although the timing usually is different.

Detailed explanation-3: -sexual intercourse The succeeding resolution stage brings a gradual return to the resting state that may take several hours. In the male, the penis shrinks back to its normal size; in the female, the vagina and other genital structures also return to their pre-excitement condition.

Detailed explanation-4: -In 1966, William Masters and Virginia Johnson proposed a four-stage “linear” model of human sexual response based on some 10, 000 recordings of changes in participants’ physiology. From these data, they identified four successive (hence, linear) stages: (1) excitement, (2) plateau, (3) orgasm, and (4) resolution.

Detailed explanation-5: -The male sexual response cycle consists of excitement, plateau, orgasm, and resolution. The initial event, penile erection, is produced by arteriolar dilatation and increased blood flow to the erectile tissue of the penis.