Lesson Summary

In Lesson 1, you learned the basic definitions of sex and sexuality which form the foundation of the next fourteen lessons. It is important to remember that our understanding of sex/sexuality is ever changing, and researchers use a number of different theories and approaches to studying human sexuality. While this course will largely focus on findings from psychology (social, cognitive, and evolutionary), we will also incorporate findings from the fields of biomedicine, cultural anthropology, and sociology. Importantly, findings from these various fields are, at times, at odds with one another. Therefore, try to compare and contrast findings and think about how different theories/methods might come together to inspire new research questions.