Psychology 2075 Chapter Notes - Chapter 19: Catholic Church, Uptodate, Transphobia

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2075
• Professor: William Fisher

Document Summary

Sexuality education: lifelong process of acquiring information about sexual behaviour and forming attitudes, beliefs, and values about identity, relationship, and intimacy. Purposes of sexuality education: promote healthy sexuality. What to teach at different ages: children"s sexual knowledge, children begin to develop understanding of pregnancy and birth at very early age, age 7-8: more sophisticated understanding. Social relationship between two people (love or marriage) Attitudes toward school-based sexuality education: high levels of support for sex education in schools in ontario, nova scotia and new brunswick, strongly support sexual health education. Information, motivation, behavioural skills model: uses students as peer-group leaders and encourages parental involvement, result. Significantly more knowledge compared to regular programs: more positive attitudes towards people with hiv/aids, able to use condoms correctly, did not affect likelihood that students would engage in sexual intercourse or use. Important of practising new skills that can be easily translated into behaviour: rehearsal and role-playing activities. Lgbt need to see themselves represented in curriculum.