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About our authorsBruce M. King received a B.A. in psychology from UCLA in 1969 and a Ph.D. in biopsychology from the University of Chicago in 1978. He taught for 29 years at the University of New Orleans and is presently in the Department of Psychology at Clemson University. He has taught human sexuality to over 60,000 students. In addition to conducting research in the field of human sexuality, he has published numerous papers in peer-reviewed journals on the biological basis of feeding behavior and obesity and has coauthored a textbook on statistics (B. M. King, P. J. Rosopa, & E. W. Minium, Statistical Reasoning in the Behavioral Sciences, 6th Edition, John Wiley & Sons, 2011). Dr. King is a Fellow in the Association for Psychological Science, the American Psychological Association and the International Behavioral Neuroscience Society. He shared his thoughts about 30-plus years of teaching human sexuality in an article published in American Journal of Sexuality Education (2012, vol. 7, pages 181 to186). In 2017, Dr. King authored a paper on the prevalence of human sexuality and gender/women’s studies courses in US higher education (Health Behavior and Policy Review, vol. 4, pages 213 to 223).
Pamela Regan is Professor of Psychology at California State University, Los Angeles. She received her Ph.D. in Psychology with a supporting program in Statistics from the University of Minnesota and her undergraduate degree in English from Williams College. Her research interest is in the area of interpersonal relationships, with an emphasis on passionate love, sexual desire and mate preference. She has published more than 100 journal articles, book chapters and reviews (and has given over 75 professional presentations) on the dynamics of sex, love and human mating, and she is the author of Close Relationships (Routledge, 2011) and The Mating Game: A Primer on Love, Sex, and Marriage (Sage, 2017) and the coauthor (with Ellen Berscheid) of The Psychology of Interpersonal Relationships (Pearson, 2005) and Lust: What We Know About Human Sexual Desire (Sage, 1999). In 2007, she was honored with the Outstanding Professor Award by her university for excellence in instructional and professional achievement.
For courses in Human Sexuality
Examine how human sexuality impacts students’ lives today
Human Sexuality Today helps students understand the key concepts of the discipline in order to make responsible decisions in their daily lives. Employing a conversational writing style, authors Bruce King and Pamela Regan present relevant information in a warm, nonthreatening manner that leaves students with positive feelings about sex and their own sexuality. The 9th Edition has been updated to reflect the latest research and to cover contemporary topics about which our understanding continues to develop, such as paraphilias and the effects of pornography.
1. Why a Course in Human Sexuality?
2. Our Sexual and Reproductive Anatomy
3. Hormones and Sexuality
4. Similarities and Differences in Our Sexual Responses
5. Sexually Transmitted Infections and Sexually Related Diseases
6. Birth Control
7. Pregnancy and Childbirth
8. Gender Identity and Gender Roles
9. Sexual Orientation
10. Life-Span Sexual Development
11. Adult Sexual Behaviors and Attitudes
12. Love and Relationships
13. Sexual Problems and Therapy
14. Paraphilias and Sexual Variants
15. Sexual Victimization. Rape, Coercion, Harassment, and Abuse of Children
16. Selling Sex. Social and Legal Issues
- Cross-Cultural Perspectives and Sexuality and Health sections prompt students to adopt a global perspective and focus on the impact of cultural and ethnic factors.
- End-of-chapter study guides provide self-contained, self-assessment tools.
- Learning objectives at the beginning of each chapter, boldfaced key terms, and marginal glossaries help students to build their understanding of the material.
- Numerous case histories draw students into the content and make the material more relevant.
- Each chapter in the 9th Edition contains the latest data and research findings. Highlights of new and updated content include the following:
- NEW: Chapter 4, Similarities and Differences in Our Sexual Responses, includes an expanded discussion of types and measurement of sexual responses plus an updated presentation of male and female sexual response cycles.
- NEW: Chapter 8, Gender Identity and Gender Roles, offers updated coverage of gender identity disorder and gender incongruence, as well as updated information on gender roles.
- NEW: Chapter 13, Sexual Problems and Therapy, provides a revised and updated discussion of sexual problems and treatment, as well as new information on sexual disorders, hypersexuality and sex addiction.
- NEW: Chapter 14, Paraphilias and Sexual Variants, includes a new discussion about origins of paraphilias and why they are more commonly observed among men.
- NEW: Chapter 16, Selling Sex: Social and Legal Issues, offers an expanded discussion of sexually explicit media and the Internet, as well as a detailed exploration of the distinctions among pornography, erotica and obscenity.
Produktdetaljer
Om bidragsyterne
About our authorsBruce M. King received a B.A. in psychology from UCLA in 1969 and a Ph.D. in biopsychology from the University of Chicago in 1978. He taught for 29 years at the University of New Orleans and is presently in the Department of Psychology at Clemson University. He has taught human sexuality to over 60,000 students. In addition to conducting research in the field of human sexuality, he has published numerous papers in peer-reviewed journals on the biological basis of feeding behavior and obesity and has coauthored a textbook on statistics (B. M. King, P. J. Rosopa, & E. W. Minium, Statistical Reasoning in the Behavioral Sciences, 6th Edition, John Wiley & Sons, 2011). Dr. King is a Fellow in the Association for Psychological Science, the American Psychological Association and the International Behavioral Neuroscience Society. He shared his thoughts about 30-plus years of teaching human sexuality in an article published in American Journal of Sexuality Education (2012, vol. 7, pages 181 to186). In 2017, Dr. King authored a paper on the prevalence of human sexuality and gender/women’s studies courses in US higher education (Health Behavior and Policy Review, vol. 4, pages 213 to 223).
Pamela Regan is Professor of Psychology at California State University, Los Angeles. She received her Ph.D. in Psychology with a supporting program in Statistics from the University of Minnesota and her undergraduate degree in English from Williams College. Her research interest is in the area of interpersonal relationships, with an emphasis on passionate love, sexual desire and mate preference. She has published more than 100 journal articles, book chapters and reviews (and has given over 75 professional presentations) on the dynamics of sex, love and human mating, and she is the author of Close Relationships (Routledge, 2011) and The Mating Game: A Primer on Love, Sex, and Marriage (Sage, 2017) and the coauthor (with Ellen Berscheid) of The Psychology of Interpersonal Relationships (Pearson, 2005) and Lust: What We Know About Human Sexual Desire (Sage, 1999). In 2007, she was honored with the Outstanding Professor Award by her university for excellence in instructional and professional achievement.