Chapter 3 Flashcards
Why do human sexuality research?
Correct misinformation and assumptions
Stats and epidemiology
Challenged historical concepts and prejudices
Dispel stereotypes
Understand cultural differences
What did Dr. Celia Mosher research?
Surveyed her female patients practices and attitudes towards sex
-assumed women dont want sex
What did Dr. Celia Mosher findings challenge?
Findings challenged Victorian assumptions
What kind of sample did Dr Celia mosher have?
Convenience sample
Why is sexuality research important?
Round out our understanding of knowledge and practice
Enhance understanding
•For our relationships: goal setting and problem solving
•For our selves: likes and dislikes
-What are the communication patterns in interpersonal relationships
What were the first sexuality researches done by?
Doctors and was medic-scientific-sex wasn’t talked about openly
What did older sexual research focus on?
Pathological behaviours
- People believed to be sick
- Literary sources
- Lack of diversity
- Religious sin = disease
When did sexual research start?
late 19th early 20th century
When did north americas interest unisexual research start?
1920
- emphasis on health and hygiene
- avoiding transmission of sexual diseases that disrupt families
- Knowledge expanded by Kinsey, Masters & Johnson
What is the definition of medicalization fo sexuality?
Certain sexual behaviours defined in terms of health and illness
- Problematic experiences and practices given medical treatment
- Stigmatizing labels
What is the sexual health perspective?
Supports research that for enhances health and well-being, includes diverse perspectives, helps with primary prevention or early intervention .
What is androcentric?
male dominated, male norm considered the standerd and women were ecxluded from most research abck in the day and didt do the research either
What are the issues in sex research steps involved?
Identify the population you wish to study
-What population are you studying?
Identify the best method for gathering your data
-Limitations of time, cost, access to participant pool, informed consent process
Contact participants
-What is the best and most effective way?
Which methodology should you chose when studying sexuality?
Each method has pros can cons and it depends on your resources will influence the type you go with
What method do you use if you are looking for naturally occurring phenomena?
Correlational study looks at factors that appear together
Naturalistic environment
No causal inference
What method do you use if you are looking to see if one variables have an effect on another variable?
Experimental design where researchers manipulate variable X to see its effect on Y
What method do you use if you are using meta-analysis to assess data collected within studies that have been done in the past?
Two-factor design
Averages determined
What is a meta analysis?
- Taking all previous research based on what you look at
- Usually take place over a longer period of time
- No 2 studies look at the research question in the same way or derives that date in the same way
In a correlational study what does the researched not do?
The researcher does not manipulate variables but rather studies naturally occurring relationships (correlations) among
variables. Strength of association not that one causes the other
- Tells us that certain factors are related
- Cannot lead to predictions
What is a correlational study?
Measure things that occur together naturally, without experimental manipulation
A number between 0-1 is generated to identify the strength of the relationship between two variables
Correlational studies
Variables can be positively or negatively correlated
What does it mean to have a + correlation?
both variables increase or decrease
What does it mean to have a - correlation ?
Both variables either increase or decrease in opposite directions
What is the independent variable?
One variable is manipulated by the experimenter
What is the dependent variable?
Other factors held constant
Measure the effect of the manipulated variable
