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PSY 3122B
HUMAN SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR
Course Outline
Professor: P. Kleinplatz, Ph.D.
NO EMAIL PLEASE
Sept. - Dec., 2015.
Wed., 7:00 - 10:00 P.M.
CBY D207
(613) 563-0846 ( Wednesday - Friday: Noon - 5:00 PM ONLY )
Office Hours: VNR 2016 After class or by appointment
Texts: Required: Course pack bound for PSY 3122 and available at The Agora Bookstore.
Recommended: Joannides, P. The Guide to Getting it On. (7 th Ed.) Oregon: Goofy Foot Press.
Format: Lecture and class participation. Given that class discussion is to be encouraged and in order to allow all students to participate openly,
in the classroom.
Evaluation: Mid-Term Test 30%
Final Exam 35% OR
Essay/Critique/Community Assignment 35%
Mid-Term Test 40%
Final Exam 60%
The date of the mid-term test is scheduled for October 21, 2015. The final exam will be held during the exam period. The format for both tests will consist of a combination of objective and essay questions, with emphasis on the former on the mid-term test and emphasis on the latter on the final exam. Essay questions are drawn from class discussion, therefore attendance in class is necessary to pass this course.
Grades on tests will be based on your knowledge of and ability to integrate theory and research as presented in class and in the readings. You are welcome to write in French or English.
The optional essay/critique is due on Wednesday, November 18, 2015. The first draft of the community assignment is due on November 4 with completed assignments due November 18,
2015. Please print all assignments in 20-point font . If you choose this option, you are required to write a critique on one of the selected books (marked with an asterisk) from the reading list. The critique is expected to be approximately 1,500 words in length (see "Assignment Guidelines").
Books are available at the MST Library and at the Agora Bookstore. Alternately, you may choose to submit an essay, which is expected to be approximately 2,500 words in length. Please select the book/topic/assignment of your choice and indicate this in writing with a brief description or

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PSY 3122B – Human Sexual Behaviour Course Outline- Sept. – Dec., 2015. outline for approval as soon as possible and no later than Wednesday, September 23, 2015 in order to receive final approval by Wednesday, September 30, 2015.
Professors of the School of Psychology are required to retain a copy of the major assignment for one year. If you would like your essay/critique returned to you, please submit two copies of it and a stamped, self-addressed envelope. All students have the right to produce their work and to answer examination questions in the official language of their choice.
Please do not use Internet or Web sources for your assignments, except via MST/RGN.
In the case of exams and any written assignments, plagiarism will result in the application of sanctions as outlined by the University of Ottawa's policy on academic fraud (see Social Sciences calendar). Sanctions range from a mark of zero for the work concerned to expulsion from the
University with a statement on the student's academic transcript.
Examples of plagiarism are:
1. submitting a work, in whole or part, of which the student is not the author (except for duly cited quotations or references);
2. presenting research data which have been falsified or concocted in any way;
3. attributing a purported statement of fact or reference to a source which has been falsified or concocted;
4.
submitting the same piece of work or significant part thereof for more than one course without written authorization of the professors concerned and/or of the academic unit concerned.
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LAST DAY FOR WITHDRAWAL
FALL SESSION:
November 20, 2015.

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PSY 3122B – Human Sexual Behaviour Course Outline- Sept. – Dec., 2015.
INTRODUCTION *
- History
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RESEARCH INTO SEXUALITY
Attitudes
Sex and Society
- Methodological and Ethical Issues
ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF SEXUAL RESPONSE
SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT AND GENDER DIFFERENTIATION
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MID-TERM TEST
Infancy and Childhood
Adolescence
Sexuality of Men and Women
Sexuality and Aging
SEXUAL AROUSAL AND ACTIVITIES
HEALTH AND SEXUAL CONDUCT
- Psychological Issues
SEX AND THE LAW
- Sexual Exploitation, Abuse, and Coercion
INTERPERSONAL ISSUES IN SEXUALITY
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Love
Intimacy and Communication
Jealousy
Philosophy and Values
"NORMALCY", SEXUAL MINORITIES AND ALTERNATE PATTERNS
*Please see the Required Reading List in your course pack to ascertain which readings correspond to which topic.