Psychology 2075 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Magnus Hirschfeld, Human Sexual Activity, Havelock Ellis

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2075
• Professor: Corey Isaacs

Document Summary

Biologist de ne of sexual behaviour: any behaviour that increases likely hood of gametic union. These studies changed people thought about sex and led to more open public discussion of sexuality. Sexual behaviour: will be de ned in this book as behaviour that arousal and increases the chance of orgasm. Havelock ellis: believed that women, like men, are sexual creatures: can be considered the forerunner modern sex research. Margaret mead and bronislaw malinowski: anthropologists, beginning to collect data on sexual behaviour in other cultures. A major national survey of the sexual behaviour canadians has never been conducted. Figure 1. 3 the history of scienti c research on sex. Ethnocentrism: the tendency to regard our own ethnic group and culture as superior to others" and to believe that its customs and way of life are the standards by which other cultures should be judged.