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Human SexualitySewell, K. K., & Strassberg, D. S. (2015). How do heterosexual undergraduate students define having sex? A new approach to an old question - correct answer -men and women were more certain behavior counted as "having sex" when considering their partners behavior outside the relationship vs. their own -order asked (self vs. partner) affected participants certainty -individuals consider a variety of contextual factors when making these definitional decisions Study of Human Sexuality - correct answer -sexuality is pervasive, but sex research is modest in its scope and brief in history (hasn't formally been around for long) -different academic disciplines with different questions and solutions -->contradictory positions (evolutionary psychology and sociology) -->produces intellectually rich environment, but sometimes frustrating (through different perspectives and views) Study of Human Sexuality... - correct answer -a multidisciplinary approach -sexology as opposed to different disciplines (all sub areas into a single discipline) -other fields have contributed (literature, are, philosophy, religion, history) -marginalized area -->societal attitudes towards sexuality (ambivalent at best, multiple contradictory perspectives) -emotionally charged issue (abortion) -an ideological battleground which is politically charged (conservatives vs. liberals) Perspectives on Sexuality - correct answer -examine from different angles -tendency to simplify (can lose the richness of what is actually going on) -relationship of biological to social/psychological/cultural factors -->evolution as unifying principle (organizing principle -> theory to explain) (evolutionary) ---->commonality of organisms (humans are animals) (looking for basic principles)