Coolidge effect

短语

词形变化

Coolidge effects 复数 Coolidge effects

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A phenomenon in animal species whereby males (and to a lesser extent females) exhibit renewed sexual interest if introduced to new receptive sexual partners, even after cessation of sex with prior but still available sexual partners.

    生物 心理学

词源

First used in a 1955 publication by behavioral endocrinologist Frank A. Beach, to whom it was suggested by a student, in reference to a joke about US president Calvin Coolidge and sexual promiscuity.

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