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Human Sexuality: Diversity in Contemporary America, 4/e
Brian Strong, University of California, Santa Cruz
Barbara Werner Sayad, California State University, Monterey Bay
Christine DeVault, Cabrillo College
William Yarber, Indiana University

Studying Human Sexuality

Chapter Outline

  1. Sex, Advice Columnists, and Pop Psychology
    1. Information and Advice as Entertainment
    2. The Use and Abuse of Statistics
    3. Practically Speaking: Evaluating Pop Psychology
  2. Thinking Critically About Sex
    1. Value Judgments Versus Objectivity
    2. Opinions, Biases, and Stereotypes
    3. Confusing Attitudes and Behavior
    4. Common Fallacies: Egocentric and Ethnocentric Thinking
  3. Sex Research Methods
    1. Research Concerns
    2. Clinical Research
    3. Survey Research
    4. Practically Speaking: Answering a Sex Research Questionnaire
    5. Observational Research
    6. Experimental Research
  4. The Sex Researchers
    1. Richard von Krafft-Ebing (1840-1902)
    2. Sigmund Freud (1856-1939)
    3. Havelock Ellis (1859-1939)
    4. Alfred Kinsey (1894-1956)
    5. William Masters and Virginia Johnson
  5. Contemporary Research Studies
    1. The National Health and Social Life Survey
    2. The Youth Risk Behavior Survey
    3. The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health
    4. The National Survey of Family Growth
    5. The National AIDS Behavior Survey
    6. The Multicultural Men’s Health Study
  6. Emerging Research Perspectives
    1. Feminist Scholarship
    2. Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Research
    3. Directions for Future Research
  7. Ethnicity and Sexuality
    1. African Americans
    2. Latinos
    3. Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders