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Essay

There is an old adage to the effect that if a married couple put a bean in a jar for each time they have intercourse during the first year of marriage and take out a bean for every time they have intercourse in each year after the first, the jar will never become empty. Given the evidence on sexual activity in adulthood presented in the book, do you think this is true or not? Give specific support for your position.

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Definitions:

Reinforcement

In behavioral psychology, it is the process of encouraging or establishing a pattern of behavior by offering reward or punishment.

Psychoanalytic

Pertaining to psychoanalysis, the theory and therapy developed by Freud that focuses on exploring unconscious desires and conflicts.

Behavioural Theories

Theories that focus on observable behaviors, emphasizing the learning processes and the effects of the environment on behavior.

Human Behaviour

Refers to the range of actions and mannerisms exhibited by humans in conjunction with their environment, influenced by culture, attitudes, emotions, values, ethics, authority, rapport, hypnosis, persuasion, coercion, and genetics.