PSY 3122 Chapter 3: PSY3122 Ch 3

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 3122
• Professor: Lisa Henry

Document Summary

Researcher led participant into dim lit, private room with a large tv on wall. Researcher assured participant was here of her own free will; if uncomfortable/distressed, she can leave anytime . Participant signs document verifying she understands/agrees to participate in study. Questionnaires about mood, sex life, traumatic childhood experience. Statistical terms relevant to sexuality research: incidence: rate of new cases of disease/condition of interest (ie. , per 100,000 women over the age of 40). 2: prevalence: estimate of proportion of population who already have/had disease/condition, correlation: measure extent to which two + variables are related. A historical overview of sex research methods: early texts, served instructional, cultural, and religious purposes for those who had education/wealth to access them. 3: kinsey"s interview-based approach, large-scale sex research began with kinsey, began formal study in 1939 interviewing 62 male and female college students, compared sexual behaviour between different groups on sex, age, religion, marital status, social class, education etc.