Psychology 2075 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Erection, Convenience Sampling, Electrical Resistance And Conductance

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2075
• Professor: William Fisher

Document Summary

Human sexuality lecture 5: theoretical approaches to understanding human. Theories are empirically testable (you can identify observable ways of measuring) explanations concerning the causes of, and consequences of, sexual phenomena. Theories provide us with the potential to understand, predict, and control sexual phenomena. Sex research is an outstanding context in which to develop, test, and refine theoretical accounts of the causes and consequences of sexual phenomena. Data collection for description of sexual phenomena: It is essential for us to accurately describe sexual phenomena (whether it is arousal, orgasm etc. ) before we can attempt to explain, predict, or control such phenomena. Or in the case of a male, a penile plythesmograph, filled with mercury as your penis gains in girth it increases an electrical resistance= measure of arousal. Data collection for testing theoretical explanations of sexual phenomena. It is essential for us to empirically test theoretical explanations of sexual behavior with objective measures of proposed causes and effects.