UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT SANTA CRUZ

Psychology 80B

Human Sexuality

Winter, 2010; Instructor: Veronica Tonay, PhD

last updated: 11/17/09


ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Check back in late December, 2009 for information on the Winter, 2010 course. Hoping to crash? All adding is done online as/if others drop. As of today (the first day of enrollment), the class is full. There are typically several hundred students trying to crash the course. If you are a senior, you may want to reconsider taking this course, as it is a lower-division course, designed for first- and second-year college students (that is, you are likely to find yourself bored and feeling the class is moving too slowly for you). The text for the course is Crooks and Baur "Our Sexuality" 10th edition; it will be available at Bay Tree Bookstore, online sites, or chapter by chapter via ichapters.com. (I do not assign all the chapters in the book.) There is an optional study guide the Bay Tree Bookstore will also have--it is highly recommended for people who have trouble with multiple choice tests. (Because of the budget crisis, we have less course support, and therefore give multiple choice exams.)

Here is a link to multiple choice test-taking strategies.

Feel free to explore the links below.


General Course Information:

Lecture and Reading Schedule

Course Description and General Information

Course Requirements

Sections: Times/Locations/Email/Office Hours

Paper Option: Option Choices and TAs Email/Office Hours

Sample Narrative Evaluations

What is Plagiarism?


Course Handouts

Anima/Animus Exercise

Why do people cheat in relationships? (Freud)

Why do we end up marrying our parents?

Love Chart: from Love portion of the course

Dream Interpretation Handout

Read Out of the Closet for tips on what to do when someone comes out to you.

What to Tell Your Kids About Sex, By Age

Thoughts on Love

Tips for writing college essays

Tips for constructing a survey

Tips for remembering your dreams

How to Say No

Resources for Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse


Internet Resources:

VoS: Gender and Sexuality Studies... LOTS of resources here

Various sites, organized by textbook topic

Reproductive system cancer risk calculator for women

Link to early signs of an emotionally and/or physically dangerous relationship

Current sexually transmitted diseases (STD) information

Latest HIV information

Birth control method information

Emergency contraception information

'Men prefer older women' study

Daddy, I'm in Love and He Looks Like You! Mommy, I'm in Love and She Looks Like You!

Women In Red...

Oxytocin research: UCSF

Can We Reduce Love To A Pill?

The Brain in Love and Lust

Homosexuality and Child Sexual Abuse

Search for sexuality articles through McHenry (try PsycINFO)

Search for sexuality research articles at the Web of Science

American Psychological Association home page

SIECUS (nonprofit sex education organization)

Human Sexuality Web (much info., based at Univ. of Missouri)

veronicatonay.com: click on psychotherapy for info on lots of mental health topics to share with your friends and others in need

Click, then scroll down for tips on graduate school applications, etc.