Understanding Human Sexuality with SexSource CD-ROM and PowerWeb - Hardcover

Hyde,Janet; DeLamater,John

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0073197807 ISBN 13: 9780073197807

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages, 2005

Synopsis

This trusted text examines the biological, psychological, and social science of human sexuality, provides practical information needed for everyday living, and familiarizes students with research methods used in sexuality. The author team features a unique combination of a psychologist and a sociologist, which gives this text a distinct interdisciplinary perspective. The thoroughly revised ninth edition features cutting-edge research, a new photo program, and a new companion SexSource CD-ROM packaged free with every new copy of the text..

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About the Author

Janet Shibley Hyde, Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychology, and Evjue-Bascom Professor of Womens Studies at the University of Wisconsin--Madison, received her education at Oberlin College and the University of California, Berkeley. She has taught a course in human sexuality since 1974, first at Bowling Green State University, then at Denison University, and now at the University of Wisconsin. Her research interests are in gender differences and gender-role development in children. Author of the textbook Half the Human Experience: The Psychology of Women, she is currently President of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality and is a Fellow of the American Psychological . Association. She has received many other honours, including an award for excellence in teaching at Bowling Green State University, the Chancellors Award for teaching at the University of Wisconsin, and the Kinsey Award from the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality for career contributions to sex research. She is married to John DeLamater..

Edition details

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0073197807
• ISBN 13: 9780073197807
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 704