PSYCH101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Angina Pectoris, Human Sexual Response Cycle, Motivation

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH101
• Professor: Paul Wehr

Document Summary

Do something because you want to, because it"s fun. Kinsey was a biologist at the university of indiana. Wanted to understand more about sex, and what people thought about it. Interviewed 18 000 people about their sexual practices. Even if you have 18 000 people this doesn"t mean that you have a good estimate of what practices are like. Only able to interview those who were willing to be interviewed. In the 1940s and 50s this may be a reflection of those who were a little more free with their sexual attitudes. Kinsey had a unique way of asking questions, he assumed that everybody had done everything. Led a number of people to believe that the subjects were coerced into answering the questions the way he wanted them to. Research from the last 10 years reflects a better estimation of sexual behaviour. More representative surveys suggests that people are not quite as kinky as kinsey reported.