PSY E111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Human Sexual Activity, Psy, Psych
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Incentive approach behaviour is explained in terms of the external stimulus and its rewarding properties. Expectancy value assume the actions of human cannot be predicted without an understanding of people"s beliefs and values. Self determination theory theory of human motivation in which the social context of an action has an effect on the type of motivation existing for the action. Alfred kinsey known for the report he published concerning human sexual behaviour and the different ways in which people engage in the sex act. One of the most important studies of human sexual behaviour. Believed that sexual orientation falls on a continuum, with some people falling at either extreme and some falling in the middle. Collected surveys from several different groups including an equal number of minorities, a wide range of age groups, and from both rural and urban areas. Criticism gave more attention to unusual or abnormal sexual behaviour than he did to normal.
