SMF204 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Vasoconstriction, Myotonia

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Sexuality, Marriage, and Family Studies
• Course: SMF204
• Professor: B J Rye

Document Summary

The kinsey reports (cid:224) kinsey interviewed people and asked questions about sexual experiences, and contacted representatives of groups in diverse communities: samples did not represent the general population (many groups were under represented, sampling methods contained systematic biases, but it would have been impossible to obtain a true probability sample from the general population, so it is unknown whether kinsey"s results accurately mirrored the practices of american population at the time, kinsey trained interviewers to ask questions in an objective style, and interviewers were trained to hide emotional reactions to responses, kinsey also checked the reliability of his data, but the validity was unknown. Limitations of canadian national surveys on sexuality: no investigation of broader aspects of sexuality, like variables associated with sexual satisfaction and pleasure, few national studies have adequately samples sexual minorities, new research initiative includes a survey instrument that includes scales o measure sexual assertiveness, sexual functioning and satisfaction, and sexual coercion.