PdF:PS_0014 Introduction to Psychology of - Course Information

PS_0014 Introduction to Psychology of Sexuality

Extent and Intensity

1/0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Tereza Škubalová, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

Mgr. Tereza Škubalová, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology – Faculty of Education
Supplier department: Department of Psychology – Faculty of Education

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is offered to students of any study field.
The capacity limit for the course is 1 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/1, only registered: 0/1, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/1

Course objectives

The course will introduce selected social-psychological aspects of the development of sexuality and its positive cultivation. The topics will be set in a social context and eventually linked to selected standards for sex education as defined by the WHO (2010).

Learning outcomes

At the end of this course, students should:
- Have basic knowledge over contemporary approaches to sexuality;
- Understand the process of sexual socialisation and its embededness in the cultural and historical context;
- Apply knowledge about socially constructed meanings around sexuality to think critically about presumably „natural“ nature of human sexuality;
- Understand the psycho-sexual development in various life stages and the potential for further cultivation of sexuality in adulthood;
- Know and define key terms of the psychology of sexuality;
- Confront the reality of their sexual education with the standards for sexual education by WHO and suggest potential changes in their practice.

Syllabus

• 1. Major psychological theories in the study of human sexuality.
• 2. Sexual socialisation I (role of history and culture, agents of socialisation, social learning theory)
• 3. Sexual socialisation II (main discourses of sexuality)
• 4. Psychodynamic development of sensuality and sexuality (role of attachment and emotional regulation)
• 5. Sexuality and identity (agency and desire)
• 6. Sexual education for 21. century

Literature

required literature
• WHO Europe (2010). Standards for Sexuality Education in Europe: A framework for policy makers, educational and health authorities and specialists. Cologne: Federal Centre for Health Education, BZgA.
• American Psychological Association, Task Force on the Sexualization of Girls. (2007). Report of the APA Task Force on the Sexualization of Girls. Retrieved from http://www.apa.org/pi/women/programs/girls/report-full.pdf
• LEHMILLER, Justin J. The psychology of human sexuality. Second edition. Hoboken: Wiley Blackwell, 2018, xxix, 442. ISBN 9781119164715. info

recommended literature
• Fine, M., McClelland, S. (2006). Sexuality Education and Desire: Still Missing after All These Years. Harvard Educational Review, 76(3), 297-338. doi:10.17763/haer.76.3.w5042g23122n6703
• Fonagy, P. (2008). A Genuinely Developmental Theory of Sexual Enjoyment and Its Implications for Psychoanalytic Technique. Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association, 56(1), 11-36. doi:10.1177/0003065107313025
• SCHORE, Allan N. Affect regulation and the origin of the self : the neurobiology of emotional development. Classic edition. London: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2016, xliv, 708. ISBN 9781138917071. info
• FAFEJTA, Martin. Sexualita a sexuální identita : sociální povaha přirozenosti. Vydání první. Praha: Portál, 2016, 237 stran. ISBN 9788026210306. info
• TRAINA, Cristina L. H. Erotic attunement : parenthood and the ethics of sensuality between unequals. London: The University of Chicago Press, 2011, xi, 363. ISBN 9780226811383. info

Teaching methods

lecture, discussion

Assessment methods

essay

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
General note: Subject will be taught from spring 2024.

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