PSYC& 180 Week 2 Overview & Learning Outcomes

Chapter 2 Human Sexuality Theories and Research

Overview

This week the authors of our textbook, Introduction of Human Sexuality, start the chapter by asking, "How can we be so similar to both bonobos and chimpanzees when they vary so much from each other?" As the title points to, we will be examining traditional and modern approaches the understanding human sexuality by exploring multiple theories from dominant and hidden figures in psychology that dedicated their work to this subject.

We will also be answering, "How does one go about research in Human Sexuality and who came up with the idea to study such things? This section will provide you with that overview. Studying sexuality has always been difficult, mainly due to lack of funding available for this scope of research" (2.1: Introduction to Research Methods and Ethics in Human Sexuality is shared under a CC BY 4.0 license and was authored, remixed, and/or curated by Susan Rahman with Nathan Bowman, Dahmitra Jackson, Anna Lushtak, Remi Newman, & Prateek Sunder),

Lastly, we will be examining ethics through the lens of feminist psychologist, birth control activist Margaret Sanger, and a hidden story of Sara Baartman.

"Overview" by Liza Rendon, , Tacoma Community College is licensed under CC BY 4.0

Outcomes

By the end of this module, you will be able to...

Explain the differences between bonobos and chimpanzees.
Analyze how social stratification within hunter-gatherer, herding and agricultural societies occurs.
Compare and contrast ancient perspectives regarding gender and sexuality to modern-day perspectives
Understand the main aspects of various theories that influence the study of human sexuality
Some notable sex researchers and their contributions
Ethics in sex research
Research methods in human sexuality

"Outcomes" by Ericka Goerling and Emerson Wolfe; Susan Rahman, Kentfield, CA Nathan Bowman Dahmitra Jackson is licensed under CC BY 4.0

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