HSCI 120 Study Guide - Final Guide: Female Sexual Arousal Disorder, Pelvic Inflammatory Disease, Female Reproductive System

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: HSCI 120
• Professor: Kate Salters

Document Summary

Theories and perspectives guide research methods and help to develop research questions; attempt to explain phenomena: constructivist social process, positivist i(cid:374)te(cid:396)(cid:374)al o(cid:396) (cid:862)(cid:374)atu(cid:396)al(cid:863) p(cid:396)o(cid:272)esses. Genetic theory looks at the role genes play in influencing behaviour. Influence sexuality: hormones, reproductive cycles, genetic disorders. Sexual orientation: research on identical twins shows a significant correlation 42-52% Evolutionary/socio-biological theory explains why patterns of social behaviour and psychological mechanisms have evolved in humans: occurs by means of natural selection survival of fittest. Sexual selection can be expanded to look at how we interact, date and even have sex: criticisms: assumption that every sexual characteristic has some adaptive significance. Psychodynamic theory tries to explain both conscious and unconscious forces that shape human personality, motivation, and behaviour. Sigmund freud (1856 1939) first to present a theory to explain human psychosexual development. Freud suggested that the personality has three main parts. Ego: mediates between realities of the outside world and personal urges rational.