PSYC 436 Lecture : Introduction
2 Oct 2011
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5 pages: read the course line regarding the paper, task: write a critique about the book (when sex isn"t good, 50% readings, 50% lectures, no office hrs, so email if want to meet. What should you know about this course before you decide to take it: who am i, my point of view, uncertainty, empiricism, interests, political correctness, negative, positive, previous feedback about this course. Basic issues: reductionism vs. constructivism as a model, reductionism/essentialism. Constancy or absence of change over time. Reductionist vs. constructivist model example: what explains erectile failure, reductionist explanation = reduced blood flow, constructivist explanation = performance anxiety, poor sex ed. , male. Resulting treatment = penile implants or viagra threatened by feminism, etc. Abuse (pedophilia: normal development vs. insanity (masturbation, preserving the royal line vs. incest, contraception vs. Murder: sex education vs. pornography, therapy vs. perversion, sexual health vs. perversion (national avg. vs. addiction)
