PSYC1040 Perspectives in Human Sexuality
2014-2015, Term 1
Department of Psychology
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
1. Course Description
This course will explore current theory and research in human sexuality from a variety of
perspectives in relation to one's gender, age, sexual orientation, ethnicity and other cultural
backgrounds. Students will have the opportunities to critically discuss and analyze issues related
to the psychological, socio-cultural, and biological aspects of human sexuality, the development
of sexual attitudes, values and identity across the lifespan, sexual variations and dysfunctions,
and diversity of sexual behaviors and lifestyles.
2. Learning Approach
An interactive learning approach will be implemented in this course. You will be engaged in a
wide range of in-class activities, demonstrations and discussions on case studies to facilitate
your learning.
3. Prerequisites
PSYC(PSY)1000, UGEC2581 or UGED2581. Not for students who have taken UGC2913.
4. Contact Information of the Teaching Team
Lecturer
Name:
Teaching Assistants
Dr. Annie SHU
Office Location: Sino Building 332
Miss Kira SUN*
Mr. Jacky NG
Sino Building 348
Sino Building 338
Telephone:
3943-1183
3943-6472
3943-4382
Email:
atmshu@psy.cuhk.edu.hk
xqsun@psy.cuhk.edu.hk
jckng@psy.cuhk.edu.hk
Consultation
Hours:
Thursday 16:30 – 18:30
Wednesday 14:30 – 16:30
Tuesday 12:15 – 14:15
Teaching Schedule
Time
Venue
Lecture
Thursday 14:30 – 16:15
HTB B6
Tutorial
Thursday 16:30 – 17:15
HTB B6
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5. Course Content
Topics
Contents
1. Introduction
What is human sexuality? Why do we study it?
2. Sexual Anatomy and Physiology
Male and female sex organs; Physiological cycles
3. Gender Identity and Sexual
Gender identity and gender role; Bisexuality and
Orientation
homosexuality
4. Attractiveness and Relationship
Causes of attractiveness; Romantic relationship
5. Sexual Arousal and Behavior
Sensation, brain, and hormones; Four-phase sexual
response cycle
6. Sexual Dysfunctions
Types of sexual dysfunctions; Treatment of sexual
dysfunctions
7. Atypical Sexual Variations
Types of deviant sexual behaviors; Origins of deviant
sexual behaviors
8. Conception and Contraception
Conception and pregnancy; Contraception and
abortion
6. Expected Learning Goals
1. Students will understand the theories and research in human sexuality.
2. Students will become more aware of issues related to human sexuality.
3. Students will apply and relate the theories learned to everyday life.
7. Expected Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, students will be expected to:
1. familiarize with the theories and findings about human sexuality (matches LG1 & LG2);
2. be aware of issues about sexuality in daily life, and apply concepts learned in class to
analyze these issues (matches LG2 & LG3);
3. conceptualize, structure, and express original ideas (both in tutorial discussion and
presentation) on various topics of human sexuality, as well as reflect on what has been learnt
by applying the knowledge to future problems (matches LG1, LG2 & LG3).
4. reflect on what has been learnt by applying the knowledge to future problem in all
assessments.
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8. Learning Activities
Lectures
Tutorials
2 hours in-class
1 hours in-class
HTB B6
HTB B6
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12
Mandatory
Mandatory
Lecturer
Teaching Assistants
Matching with learning goals (LG)
LG1, LG2, LG3
LG2, LG3, LG4
Matching with learning outcomes (LO)
LO1, LO2, LO3
LO2, LO3, LO4
Time per week
Venue
No. of sessions in total
Attendance
Teaching member(s)
9. Assessment Scheme
Students will be assessed in the form of:
1. Formative assessment (measures what you have learnt at different stages during the course)
(matches with LG1 & LG2);
2. Summative assessment (examines your understanding of the subject knowledge) (matches
with LG1 & LG2);
3. Authentic assessment (measures various abilities that you can apply to address real-life
problems or fictional scenarios) (matches with LG3 & LG4).
Assessment Scheme
Weight
Matching with LG
Tutorial Participation
5%
LG1, LG2 & LG3
Quizzes
Quiz One
Quiz Two
20%
40%
LG1 & LG2
Group Presentation
Presentation
Peer Evaluation
30%
5%
LG2 & LG3
Descriptions of each assessment:
a. Tutorial Participation (5%)
Students are expected to attend all sessions and participate actively in the tutorial
activities.
b. Quizzes (60%)
•
•
Two quizzes will be administered in the class meeting time. Both quizzes will cover
all materials from lectures and textbook. Quiz One will cover materials from L1 – L4.
Quiz Two will cover materials from L5 – L11.
•
Quizzes will contain multiple-choice questions and/or short answer questions. The
exact format of each quiz will be announced in due course.
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•
**Students must take each quiz on the scheduled dates. The absentees for unjustified
reasons will not be granted the make-up and will be given a “zero” for that quiz. It is
your responsibility to contact your tutor prior to the exam, or if not possible, within
24 hours of the missed quiz to schedule a date for the make-up. You need to provide
official documentation of emergency to justify your absence. The make-up quiz will
ONLY include essay questions. In order to be fair to all other students, the make-up
quiz must be completed within one week of the scheduled date for the quiz. The
teaching team reserves the rights for the final decision for the make-up quiz
arrangement.
c. Group Presentation (35%)
•
Students are expected to give a presentation in a group for around 30 minutes
(including Q&A). The group size and duration of presentation depend on our final
class size. The presentation should be about educating the general public about any
sexuality-related topic (e.g., sexual dysfunctions, sexual abnormalities, love and
marriage etc.), so your focus should be directed to the application of these issues to
everyday life issues instead of the theoretical aspects.
•
Each group should discuss with the teaching assistant about the topic chosen. You
need to link relevant psychological theories and included references in your
presentation. Note: You are NOT required to collect any data in the group project.
•
Grading will be evaluated based on:
1) Content (20%)
i.
Whether the content is relevant to the topic and target audience
ii.
Whether the information presented is coherent and updated
iii.
Whether psychological theories are applied appropriately
2) Organization and Presentation Skills (10%)
i.
Whether the logic of the presentation is smooth
ii.
Whether the slides agree well with speech
iii.
The use of audio-visual aids (powerpoint or others)
iv.
The use of para-language (eye-contact, clearness of voice, gestures etc.)
v.
Time management
•
Peer Evaluation (5%): Each student will rate the performance and contribution of
their group members after the group presentation. Details will be announced later.
10. Grade Descriptors
Grade
Overall Course
A
A-
Demonstrated outstanding performances on all learning outcomes.
Demonstrated generally outstanding performance on all (or almost all) learning
outcomes.
Demonstrated good performance on all learning outcomes, or high performance on
B
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some which compensates for less satisfactory performance on others, resulting in
overall substantial performance.
C
Demonstrated satisfactory performance on the majority of learning outcomes,
D
possibly with a few weaknesses.
Demonstrated barely satisfactory performance on a number of learning outcomes.
Demonstrated unsatisfactory performance on a number of learning outcomes, or
F
failure to meet specified assessment requirements.
11. Learning Resources
Required Textbook:
King, B. M. (2014). Human sexuality today (7th Pearson New International Edition P.N.I.E.).
Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson.
Several chapters will be adopted from this book as supplementary readings:
#Rathus, S. A., Nevid, J. S., & Fichner-Rathus, L. (2013). Human sexuality in a world of
diversity (9th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson.
12. Course Updates
e-Learning (https://elearn.cuhk.edu.hk/webapps/portal/frameset.jsp) will be adopted in this
course for posting course notes, announcements, etc. More information can be found in this
website: http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/eLearning/
13. Feedback for Evaluation
Students are welcome to give comments and feedback at any time during the class. Stop by to
talk to the teaching team. You can also send us emails or post your comments on the course
website.
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14. Course Schedule
Date
#
Lecture (Thursday)
Reading
Tutorial (After Lecture)
1
Sept 4
L1: Introduction
R1#
T1: Orientation
2
Sept 11
L2: Sexual Anatomy and Physiology
1, 3
T2: TBA
3
Sept 18
L3: Gender Identity and Sexual
Orientation
7, 8
T3: TBA
4
Sept 25
L4: Attractiveness and Relationship
11
T4: Consultation 1
5
Oct 2
Holiday - Chung Yeung Festival
6
Oct 9
L5: Sexual Arousal and Behavior
4
T5: Quiz One* (L1 – L4)
7
Oct 16
L6: Sexual Dysfunctions
12
T6: Consultation 2
8
Oct 23
L7: Atypical Sexual Variation
R17#
T7: Review of Quiz One
9
Oct 30
L8: Conception
6
T8: Presentation 1 (Gp 1–2)
10
Nov 6
L9: Contraception
5
T9: Presentation 2 (Gp 3–4)
11
Nov 13
L10 & T10: Presentation 3 (Gp 5–10)
12
Nov 20
Class Suspension - University Congregation
13
Nov 27
L11 & T11: Guest Talk by HKAIDS Foundation
14
Dec 1
(Make-up Class) L12 & T12: Quiz Two* (L5 – L11) @ FYB LT4
Refers to supplementary readings from Rathus, Nevid and Fichner-Rathus (2014, 9th ed.)
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15. Academic Honesty and Plagiarism
Information regarding the academic honesty and plagiarism policy in the University is located at
http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/policy/academichonesty/ . Some further advice is given below.
Guideline about plagiarism
Any assignment (i.e., project, essay, or paper) that shows evidence of plagiarism will be marked
down severely. In simple terms, plagiarism is copying passages and/or ideas from other sources
without referencing those sources. Moreover, when you report someone else’s ideas/findings
you must put it in your own words and not merely copy full sentences or parts of sentences from
the source article. It is your responsibility as a scholar-in-training to cite the ideas and work of
others correctly. Please visit the following websites for discussions of how to recognize and
avoid plagiarism.
http://ec.hku.hk/plagiarism/introduction.htm
http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/pamphlets/plagiarism.shtml
http://www.hamilton.edu/writing/style/plagiarism/plagiarism.html
If you commit plagiarism in an assignment, and it is your first offence in the course, the penalty
will range from a minimum of a single letter grade reduction in score on the assignment to a
maximum of failure on the assignment. A second offence within the same course will result in a
minimum penalty of a single letter grade reduction in the course grade to a maximum penalty of
course failure. The specific penalty applied is up to the discretion of the professor. In all cases of
plagiarism, the student's name will be recorded in a central database maintained by the general
office. If a student is referred for plagiarism in more than one course, or more than one instance
in the same course, the student's case will be forwarded to the university administration for
follow-up action.
Detecting plagiarism
The Senate Committee on Teaching and Learning requires that all student assignments in
undergraduate programmes should be submitted via VeriGuide. This policy will only apply to
assignments in the form of a computer-generated document that is principally text-based (i.e.,
excluding calculations in science, brief laboratory reports, drawings in fine arts and architecture,
etc.).
• Each student must upload a soft copy of the completed assignment to the plagiarism detection
engine VeriGuide, at https://veriguide1.cse.cuhk.edu.hk/cuhk/
• The system will issue a receipt which also contains a declaration of honesty, which is the same
as that in http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/policy/academichonesty/p09.htm
• The declaration should be signed, and the receipt stapled to a hard copy of the assignment
upon submission.
• Assignments without the receipt will not be graded by teachers.
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Please sign the following and submit in the first tutorial.
PSYC1040
Perspectives in Human Sexuality
2014-2015, Term 1
Plagiarism Statement
I promise that all assignments submitted to this course across the entire semester will be original
except for source material explicitly acknowledged. I also acknowledge that I am aware of
University policy and regulations on honesty in academic work, and of the disciplinary guidelines
and procedures applicable to breaches of such policy and regulations as contained in the website
http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/policy/academichonesty/.
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