PSY 3122 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Yousee, Psychoanalysis, Fetishism

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

Document Summary

For exam: what are sexual norms in those pre-history societies (that we"ll be looking at, three of them ) People often apply an ethnocentric you for other cultures, and sexuality. Our way is the best way; value judgment about one"s culture being best, other need to match up to that point of reference. Cross-cultural to get better understanding of diversity of sexual norms, and the universality (how they are the same) Polygyny fairly common; one wife many husbands less common and often involves marrying brothers. Marriage in many places are for socioeconomic reasons. Illustrates the importance of learning in shaping human sexual behaviour (as opposed to biol. Permissive: characterized by positive and tolerant attitudes towards the freedom of sexual expression. These cultures understand human sexuality as very natural part of human development; see as normal, natural and part of development. No culture offers a 100% complete freedom of expression; always some kind of rule!