Human Sexuality: A Science and Story Approach
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Copyright: 2024
Pages: 442
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Personal stories offer unique kinds of insights into the lived experiences of being human, being sexual.
Human Sexuality: A Science and Story Approach is a turn-key online course package that answers one of the primary questions that is asked in a human sexuality learning space - “Am I normal?” This question is often the underlying impetus behind college students signing up for a human sexuality class, whether it’s in relationship to arousal patterns, identities, relationship structures, religious beliefs, anatomy and physiology, or one of the other many topics we will cover over our time together.
Human Sexuality: A Science and Story Approach by Michael Parent and Karen Rayne:
- uses stories and invites readers into those stories as a way of more deeply understanding the range of human experience and of increasing our collective capacity for feeling empathy and connection across different human experiences.
- incorporates Research Case Studies that tie the content to real life are provided for virtually all chapters.
- Engages Students! The package features Learning Objectives, photos, charts, weblinks, conclusions, references / further readings, and more.
- Is Easy to Adopt! It includes automatically graded quizzes and exams that can be integrated with any LMS.
- integrates review questions (and answers) within the frame of the text to provide instant assessment of comprehension of concepts taught.
CHAPTER 1 Sex, Evolution, and Sex among Nonhuman Animals
CHAPTER 2 Sexual and Reproductive Anatomy and Physiology I
CHAPTER 3 Sexual and Reproductive Anatomy and Physiology II
CHAPTER 4 Having Children (or Not)
CHAPTER 5 Contraception
CHAPTER 6 Spontaneous and Elective Abortions
CHAPTER 7 STIs I: Bacterial, Viral, and Parasitic STIs (Other Than HIV)
CHAPTER 8 STIs II: HIV and AIDS
CHAPTER 9 Gender and Transgender Identities
CHAPTER 10 Sexual Orientation
CHAPTER 11 Attraction and Love
CHAPTER 12 Intimate Relationships
CHAPTER 13 Sexual Behaviors
CHAPTER 14 Sexuality Across the Life Span
CHAPTER 15 Difficulties, Dysfunctions, and Disorders
CHAPTER 16 Consent, Sexual Coercion, Sexual Assault, and Sexual Harassment
CHAPTER 17 Sex as a Commodity
Dr. Parent was born in the small town of Morris, Manitoba, Canada, where he completed high school. Growing up in a low-income community, he had limited access to sports facilities; his middle and high school had no sports teams for sports that required specialized equipment such as football. He competed in field events for his school, including high jump and long jump. Dr. Parent completed his undergraduate degree at the University of Manitoba, in Winnipeg, Canada. He began weight lifting at the University gym. In 2007, he moved to Gainesville, Florida, to begin his PhD in Counseling Psychology. While at the University of Florida he continued weight training and competed in the first UF Strong Gator strongman/strongwomen competition. During his first faculty position at Texas Tech University, Dr. Parent competed in his first bodybuilding competition. He has continued to compete in bodybuilding competitions since then.
Dr. Parent is an associate professor of counseling psychology and counselor education at the University of Texas at Austin. He conducts research on health disparities, substance use, and men’s health behaviors. He teaches undergraduate courses in Human Sexuality, Sports Psychology, and Addiction Counseling, and graduate courses in Addictions, Research Methods, and Cognitive Assessment. He is a consultant for Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, where he produces continuing education training for psychologists, social workers, nurses, respiratory therapists, and physicians. Dr. Parent is a licensed and board-certified psychologist. He maintains a small private practice, conducting assessments for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), learning disorders, and autism spectrum disorder. He sees therapy patients weekly and specializes in treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), adult ADHD, and couples counseling.
Personal stories offer unique kinds of insights into the lived experiences of being human, being sexual.
Human Sexuality: A Science and Story Approach is a turn-key online course package that answers one of the primary questions that is asked in a human sexuality learning space - “Am I normal?” This question is often the underlying impetus behind college students signing up for a human sexuality class, whether it’s in relationship to arousal patterns, identities, relationship structures, religious beliefs, anatomy and physiology, or one of the other many topics we will cover over our time together.
Human Sexuality: A Science and Story Approach by Michael Parent and Karen Rayne:
- uses stories and invites readers into those stories as a way of more deeply understanding the range of human experience and of increasing our collective capacity for feeling empathy and connection across different human experiences.
- incorporates Research Case Studies that tie the content to real life are provided for virtually all chapters.
- Engages Students! The package features Learning Objectives, photos, charts, weblinks, conclusions, references / further readings, and more.
- Is Easy to Adopt! It includes automatically graded quizzes and exams that can be integrated with any LMS.
- integrates review questions (and answers) within the frame of the text to provide instant assessment of comprehension of concepts taught.
CHAPTER 1 Sex, Evolution, and Sex among Nonhuman Animals
CHAPTER 2 Sexual and Reproductive Anatomy and Physiology I
CHAPTER 3 Sexual and Reproductive Anatomy and Physiology II
CHAPTER 4 Having Children (or Not)
CHAPTER 5 Contraception
CHAPTER 6 Spontaneous and Elective Abortions
CHAPTER 7 STIs I: Bacterial, Viral, and Parasitic STIs (Other Than HIV)
CHAPTER 8 STIs II: HIV and AIDS
CHAPTER 9 Gender and Transgender Identities
CHAPTER 10 Sexual Orientation
CHAPTER 11 Attraction and Love
CHAPTER 12 Intimate Relationships
CHAPTER 13 Sexual Behaviors
CHAPTER 14 Sexuality Across the Life Span
CHAPTER 15 Difficulties, Dysfunctions, and Disorders
CHAPTER 16 Consent, Sexual Coercion, Sexual Assault, and Sexual Harassment
CHAPTER 17 Sex as a Commodity
Dr. Parent was born in the small town of Morris, Manitoba, Canada, where he completed high school. Growing up in a low-income community, he had limited access to sports facilities; his middle and high school had no sports teams for sports that required specialized equipment such as football. He competed in field events for his school, including high jump and long jump. Dr. Parent completed his undergraduate degree at the University of Manitoba, in Winnipeg, Canada. He began weight lifting at the University gym. In 2007, he moved to Gainesville, Florida, to begin his PhD in Counseling Psychology. While at the University of Florida he continued weight training and competed in the first UF Strong Gator strongman/strongwomen competition. During his first faculty position at Texas Tech University, Dr. Parent competed in his first bodybuilding competition. He has continued to compete in bodybuilding competitions since then.
Dr. Parent is an associate professor of counseling psychology and counselor education at the University of Texas at Austin. He conducts research on health disparities, substance use, and men’s health behaviors. He teaches undergraduate courses in Human Sexuality, Sports Psychology, and Addiction Counseling, and graduate courses in Addictions, Research Methods, and Cognitive Assessment. He is a consultant for Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, where he produces continuing education training for psychologists, social workers, nurses, respiratory therapists, and physicians. Dr. Parent is a licensed and board-certified psychologist. He maintains a small private practice, conducting assessments for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), learning disorders, and autism spectrum disorder. He sees therapy patients weekly and specializes in treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), adult ADHD, and couples counseling.