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-The view that one's culture determines what is normal and acceptable and that judgements about those standards should take into consideration their culutral origins
-A diversity of perspectives and norms are vauled and individuals who move from one culture to another should be allowed/encourage to keep their values |
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| -The view that behaviors and values from one's culture of origin should be disregarded once the individual is living in a new culture. The expectation is that immigrants must abide by the culural standards of their new country about those standards should take into consideration their culural origins |
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-A culutral additudinal framework typical of people with western Europeam heritages
-Grows mainly out of European roots
Dualistic in nature
Things are seen as "black or white" |
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| A series of changes that occured during a couple of decades in the mid-twentieth century, especially regarding eideals and values about sex and love. |
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| Person who studies human sexuality from a scientific perspective |
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| A representative group ofa population that is the focus of a scientific poll or study |
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| REpresentatice group of the larger population that is the focus of a scientfic poll or study in which care is taken to select participants without a pattern that might bias research |
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| An in-depth look at a particular individual and how he or she might be helped to solve a sexual or other problem. Case sudies may offer new and useful ideas for counselors to use with other patients |
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| The study of the cause, treatment, or prevention of a disease or condition by testing large numbers of people |
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| The anthropological study of other cultures |
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| Referring to data concerning the sexual beliefs and customs of other cultures |
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| Research in which the investigator for examines what is happening to one variable while all other variables are kept consant |
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| An aspect of a scientific study that is subject to change |
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| The consent given by research subjects, indicatng their wilingess to participation in a study, after that are informed about the purpose of the study and how they will be asked to participate |
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| External sex organs of the female, including the mons, major and minor lips, clitoris, and opening of the vagina |
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| Cushion of fatty tissue located over the female's pubic bone |
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| Two outer folds of skin covering the minor lips, clitoris, urinary meatus, and vaginal opening |
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| Two inner folds of skin that join above the clitoris and extend along the sides of the vaginal and urethral openings |
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| In the female, tissue of the upper vulva that covers the clitoral shaft |
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| small glands located in the opening through the minor lips that produce some sectretion during sexual arousal |
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| opening through which urine passes from the urethra to the outside of the body |
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| The outter opening of the vagina |
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| Sexually sensitive organ found in the female vulva; it becomes engorged with blood during arousal |
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| In the male, the sensitve head of the penis; in the female, the sensitive head of the clitoris, visible between the upper folds of the minor lips |
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| In the female, the longer body of the clitoris, containing erectile tissue in the male, the cylindrical base of the penis that contains three columns of spongy tissue: two corpora cavernosa and a corpus spongiosum |
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| Thick, oily substances that may accumalte under the prepuce of the clitoris or penis |
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| Surigcal removal of the clitoris; practiced routinely in some cultures |
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