Human Sexuality in Biological Perspective

Theoretical and Methodological Considerations

Datos Bibliográficos

ID3621059
AutoresThomas Ford Hoult (Arizona State University, autor de correspondencia)
Año1984
Volumen9
Número2-3
Páginas137-155
Fecha de publicación1984-04-18
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Homosexuality (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0091-8369 • E-ISSN: 1540-3602
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1300/j082v09n02_09
PMID6376623
OpenAlexW1522700864
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas11

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