PSY 0818 Study Guide - Comprehensive Midterm Guide: Prostate, Vas Deferens, Prostate Cancer

• School: Temple University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 0818
• Professor: Mylina Andrew

Document Summary

Personal sexual philosophy: a person"s unique foundation of knowledge attitudes, and actions relating to what the person wants and who he or she is as a sexual being. Human sexuality: an area of research and study focusing on all aspects of humans as sexual beings. Morals:a person"s individual attitudes about what constitutes right and wrong. Gender identity: the sex (male or female) that a person identifies himself or herself to be. Sexual orientation: term specifying the sex of those to whom a person is primarily, romantically, and sexually attracted. People who take sexual education courses make better choices. Abstinence-only approach:the decision to avoid teaching adolescent students about sexual activity, sti"s, contraception based on the theory that such education is unnecessary if students are taught to abstain from sexual behavior. Aoa programs are conservative based and proven to fail students. The opposite of aoa is comprehensive sexual education. Sexuality is greatly influenced by people"s backgrounds, cultures, morals, etc.