PSY 3122 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Sexual Intercourse, Victorian Era, Romantic Orientation

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 3122
• Professor: Yaroslav Konar

Document Summary

There are several challenges when studying human sexuality. For example: finding a population of participants who are willing to honestly disclose their sexual attitudes and behaviours, finding a representative sample (often use random samples, finding an appropriate research method. A lot of bias in the way people respond. Try to respond the way they think you want them to. Will respond differently when they think someone will know who they are or if they are lying. Early sex manuals such as the kama sutra and the perfumed garden for the soul"s. Recreation were detailed descriptions of how sexuality was viewed in the past: karma sutra is not just about sex. About healthy relationships as well: perfumed garden. Some texts, such as those marriage and love manuals produced during the victorian era, promoted sex for procreative purposes only. Qualitative: research methods that use exible, open ended question to explore sexual issues, sometimes referred to as descriptive methods.