lecture 2

Question 1

4 goals of sex research

Answer 1

basic knowledge
understand sexual behaviour
inform public policies
inform personal decisions/opinions

Question 2

a big challenge for generalization in sex research

Answer 2

often relies on volunteers, creating a selection bias

Question 3

3 ethical principles in research

Answer 3

protection from harm (including cost-benefit analyses)
informed consent
debriefing

Question 4

ethical violations in the Tuskegee study

Answer 4

coercive incentive; biased sample selection; violation of human rights

Question 5

issues with self-report

Answer 5

intentionally provide false information; faulty memory and unprecise ability to make estimates; differences in question interpretation (like defining sex).

Question 6

explain the rates of youth sexual activity from today and previously

Answer 6

rates were higher in the 80s than today, contrary to general public thoughts

Question 7

trend in teen pregnancy

Answer 7

continuously lowering from 2014 to 2019

Question 8

Limitations of qualitative research

Answer 8

inability to have a large number of participants; hard to have a representative sample

Question 9

Advantages of qualitative research

Answer 9

rich data, allowing to draw a more complex picture to describe the human experience

Question 10

advantages of direct observation

Answer 10

direct observation of sexual arousal; gets around social desirability.

Question 11

limitations of direct observation

Answer 11

physiological response and behavior can change because you’re being observed. Harder to get people to participate in study.