Human Sexuality in Biological Perspective

Theoretical and Methodological Considerations

Dados Bibliográficos

ID3621059
AutoresThomas Ford Hoult (Arizona State University, autor correspondente)
Ano1984
Volume9
Fascículo2-3
Páginas137-155
Data de publicação1984-04-18
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Homosexuality (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0091-8369 • E-ISSN: 1540-3602
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1300/j082v09n02_09
PMID6376623
OpenAlexW1522700864
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas11

An increasing number of observers are claiming that a biological model is more appropriate to an understanding of human sexuality than the conventional social-learning one. Such claims have prompted a perusal of the biological literature to ascertain whether the relevant evidence is convincing. The results of this review suggest that claims for the biological model are questionable since the evidence for that model either derives from animal studies (and is thus not generally applicable to human behavior) or is inconclusive, contradictory, or methodologically deficient. It is concluded, therefore, that behavioral scientists are at present on firm ground in using a social-learning, in preference to a biological, model to interpret most aspects of human sexual behavior

Epistemology · Human sexuality · Perspective (graphical) · Preference · Sexual behavior · Sociology · Computer Science · Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology