FRHD 2100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Human Sexuality, Human Sexual Activity, Scientific Method
16 Oct 2015
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2015 01 28: scientists are skeptics- question prevailing assumptions/theories, systematic way of gathering scientific evidence and testing assumptions through. Scientific method research: elements, formulating a research question. Hypothesis: a precise prediction about behaviour that is derived from theory. Goals of the science of human sexuality: to describe, explain, predict and control the events of interest (sexual behaviours), general goals of science, description: Scientist attempts to be clear, unbiased, and precise. Techniques: field study, surveys individual case studies, laboratory experiments: relate observations to specific variables that help explain observations. Researchers may attempt to explain variations in the frequency of different sexual behaviours by correlating behaviours with demographic variables such as age. Variables: quantities or qualities that vary or that may vary. Demographic: concerning the vital statistics of human population (ei. Theories: provide frameworks within which scientists can explain and make predictions about what they observe must also enable us to make predictions about what will happen in the future.
