Human Sexuality Online Course
Human Sexuality CEUS
Human Sexuality Continuing Education
Interns and License Renewal
Full text Click hereHuman Sexuality
(10 hours/units)
© 2009 by Aspira Continuing Education. All rights reserved. No part of this material may be transmitted or reproduced in any form, or by any means, mechanical or electronic without written permission of Aspira Continuing Education.
1. Define the different study/research areas of human sexuality.
2. Increase familiarity with concepts related to the psychology of sex
3. Identify and evaluate clinical perspectives related to sexual activity and lifestyles.
4. Explore the impact religious belief systems on sex.
5. Learn specific laws related to sex and sexual crimes.
6. Identify the causes and symptoms of STDs
7. Increase familiarity with sexual disorders
Table of Contents:
1. Definition
2. Psychology and Sex
3. Sexual Activity and Lifestyles
4. Religion and Sex
5. The Law and Sex
6. Sexually Transmitted Diseases
7. Masters and Johnson
8. Sexual Disorders
9. References
1. Definition
Human sexuality can be defined as the manner in which people experience and express themselves as sexual beings. There are many facets in the study of human sexuality including:
• Biological
• Emotional
• Physical
• Sociological
• Philosophical
(Ellen Ross, Rayna Rapp Sex and Society: A Research Note from Social History and Anthropology Comparative Studies in Society and History).
From a biological perspective, sexuality is defined as “the reproductive mechanism as well as the basic biological drive that exists in all species and can encompass sexual intercourse and sexual contact in all its forms”. There are also emotional or physical perspectives of sexuality, which refers to the “bond that exists between individuals, which may be expressed through profound feelings or emotions, and which may be manifested in physical or medical concerns about the physiological or even psychological aspects of sexual behavior”. Sociologically, it includes the cultural, political, and legal aspects of sexual behavior. Philosophically, it emphasizes the moral, ethical, theological, spiritual or religious aspects of sexual behavior (Ellen Ross, Rayna Rapp Sex and Society: A Research Note from Social History and Anthropology Comparative Studies in Society and History).
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Human Sexuality CEUS
Human Sexuality CEUS
Human Sexuality Continuing Education
Interns and License Renewal
Full text Click here
Human Sexuality
(10 hours/units)
© 2009 by Aspira Continuing Education. All rights reserved. No part of this material may be transmitted or reproduced in any form, or by any means, mechanical or electronic without written permission of Aspira Continuing Education.
1. Define the different study/research areas of human sexuality.
2. Increase familiarity with concepts related to the psychology of sex
3. Identify and evaluate clinical perspectives related to sexual activity and lifestyles.
4. Explore the impact religious belief systems on sex.
5. Learn specific laws related to sex and sexual crimes.
6. Identify the causes and symptoms of STDs
7. Increase familiarity with sexual disorders
Table of Contents:
1. Definition
2. Psychology and Sex
3. Sexual Activity and Lifestyles
4. Religion and Sex
5. The Law and Sex
6. Sexually Transmitted Diseases
7. Masters and Johnson
8. Sexual Disorders
9. References
1. Definition
Human sexuality can be defined as the manner in which people experience and express themselves as sexual beings. There are many facets in the study of human sexuality including:
• Biological
• Emotional
• Physical
• Sociological
• Philosophical
(Ellen Ross, Rayna Rapp Sex and Society: A Research Note from Social History and Anthropology Comparative Studies in Society and History).
From a biological perspective, sexuality is defined as “the reproductive mechanism as well as the basic biological drive that exists in all species and can encompass sexual intercourse and sexual contact in all its forms”. There are also emotional or physical perspectives of sexuality, which refers to the “bond that exists between individuals, which may be expressed through profound feelings or emotions, and which may be manifested in physical or medical concerns about the physiological or even psychological aspects of sexual behavior”. Sociologically, it includes the cultural, political, and legal aspects of sexual behavior. Philosophically, it emphasizes the moral, ethical, theological, spiritual or religious aspects of sexual behavior (Ellen Ross, Rayna Rapp Sex and Society: A Research Note from Social History and Anthropology Comparative Studies in Society and History).
Human sexuality research has revealed that sexual variables are significant in developing one’s identity and to social evolution of individuals: “Human sexuality is not simply imposed by instinct or stereotypical conducts, as it happens in animals, but it is influenced both by superior mental activity and by social, cultural, educational and normative characteristics of those places where the subjects grow up and their personality develops. Consequently, the analysis of sexual sphere must be based on the convergence of several lines of development such as affectivity, emotions and relations” (Ellen Ross, Rayna Rapp Sex and Society: A Research Note from Social History and Anthropology Comparative Studies in Society and History).
The biological aspects of human sexuality include human reproduction and other aspects such as organic and neurological responses, heredity, hormonal issues, gender issues and sexual dysfunction (Ellen Ross, Rayna Rapp Sex and Society: A Research Note from Social History and Anthropology Comparative Studies in Society and History).
Additionally, human sexuality can be conceptualized as inclusive of the social life of humans, governed by implied rules of behavior. Of course, this involves cultural and societal influences including media such as politics and the mass media. Historically, media has caused significant changes in sexual social norms such as the sexual revolution (Ellen Ross, Rayna Rapp Sex and Society: A Research Note from Social History and Anthropology Comparative Studies in Society and History).
2. Psychology and Sex
Human sexual experience can include significant emotional and psychological responses. Research studies on sexuality focus on psychological influences that impact sexual behavior and experience. Early psychological analyses were conducted by Sigmund Freud. He also introduced the concepts of erogenous zones, psychosexual development, and
the Oedipus complex (Ellen Ross, Rayna Rapp Sex and Society: A Research Note from Social History and Anthropology Comparative Studies in Society and History).
Behaviorists including John B. Watson and B. F. Skinner evaluate the connection between behavior theory and sex. For example, they might study a child who is punished for sexual exploration and see if they grow up to associate negative feelings with sex in general. Social-learning theorists use similar concepts, but focus on cognitive activity and modeling (Ellen Ross, Rayna Rapp Sex and Society: A Research Note from Social History and Anthropology Comparative Studies in Society and History).
Gender identity is “a person's own sense of identification as female, male, both, neither, or somewhere in between”. The social construction of gender has been discussed by a wide variety of scholars, Judith Butler notable among them. Recent contributions consider the influence of feminist theory and courtship research (Ellen Ross, Rayna Rapp Sex and Society: A Research Note from Social History and Anthropology Comparative Studies in Society and History).
Human sexual behavior encompasses the search for a partner or partners, interactions between individuals, physical, emotional intimacy, and sexual contact. Unprotected sex may result unwanted pregnancy or sexually transmitted diseases. Prior to reliable contraception methods, controlling sexual behavior was practically important to parents in some societies. The methodologies employed by parents to try to prevent their children from prematurely becoming parents themselves could have a profound effect on the minds of those children (Ellen Ross, Rayna Rapp Sex and Society: A Research Note from Social History and Anthropology Comparative Studies in Society and History).
Sexual behavior
Sexual function is impacted significantly by cognitive process. Male sexual dysfunction includes inability to achieve an erection, penile insensitivity, premature ejaculation. Female sexual dysfunction includes inability to achieve orgasm and vaginismus. The dysfunctions described may contribute to the development of secondary problems. For example, sufferers may self medicate with substances. Sexual dysfunction clinical focus may include addressing low self esteem, guilt, and self-destructive impulses. Freud
claimed that neither predominantly different, nor same-sex sexuality was the norm. instead he argued that bisexuality is the normal human condition thwarted by society. A 1901 medical dictionary lists heterosexuality as "perverted" different-sex attraction, while by the 1960s its use in all forums referred to "normal" different-sex sexuality. In 1948 Alfred Kinsey publishes Sexual Behavior in the Human Male, popularly known as the Kinsey Reports (Ellen Ross, Rayna Rapp Sex and Society: A Research Note from Social History and Anthropology Comparative Studies in Society and History).
For many years, homosexuality was classified as a psychiatric disorder. In 1973 homosexuality was declassified as a mental illness in the United Kingdom. In 1986 homosexuality as a psychiatric disorder was removed from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) of the American Psychiatric Association (Ellen Ross, Rayna Rapp Sex and Society: A Research Note from Social History and Anthropology Comparative Studies in Society and History).
Human Sexuality Continuing Education
Interns and License Renewal
Full text Click here
Human Sexuality
(10 hours/units)
© 2009 by Aspira Continuing Education. All rights reserved. No part of this material may be transmitted or reproduced in any form, or by any means, mechanical or electronic without written permission of Aspira Continuing Education.
1. Define the different study/research areas of human sexuality.
2. Increase familiarity with concepts related to the psychology of sex
3. Identify and evaluate clinical perspectives related to sexual activity and lifestyles.
4. Explore the impact religious belief systems on sex.
5. Learn specific laws related to sex and sexual crimes.
6. Identify the causes and symptoms of STDs
7. Increase familiarity with sexual disorders
Table of Contents:
1. Definition
2. Psychology and Sex
3. Sexual Activity and Lifestyles
4. Religion and Sex
5. The Law and Sex
6. Sexually Transmitted Diseases
7. Masters and Johnson
8. Sexual Disorders
9. References
1. Definition
Human sexuality can be defined as the manner in which people experience and express themselves as sexual beings. There are many facets in the study of human sexuality including:
• Biological
• Emotional
• Physical
• Sociological
• Philosophical
(Ellen Ross, Rayna Rapp Sex and Society: A Research Note from Social History and Anthropology Comparative Studies in Society and History).
From a biological perspective, sexuality is defined as “the reproductive mechanism as well as the basic biological drive that exists in all species and can encompass sexual intercourse and sexual contact in all its forms”. There are also emotional or physical perspectives of sexuality, which refers to the “bond that exists between individuals, which may be expressed through profound feelings or emotions, and which may be manifested in physical or medical concerns about the physiological or even psychological aspects of sexual behavior”. Sociologically, it includes the cultural, political, and legal aspects of sexual behavior. Philosophically, it emphasizes the moral, ethical, theological, spiritual or religious aspects of sexual behavior (Ellen Ross, Rayna Rapp Sex and Society: A Research Note from Social History and Anthropology Comparative Studies in Society and History).
Human sexuality research has revealed that sexual variables are significant in developing one’s identity and to social evolution of individuals: “Human sexuality is not simply imposed by instinct or stereotypical conducts, as it happens in animals, but it is influenced both by superior mental activity and by social, cultural, educational and normative characteristics of those places where the subjects grow up and their personality develops. Consequently, the analysis of sexual sphere must be based on the convergence of several lines of development such as affectivity, emotions and relations” (Ellen Ross, Rayna Rapp Sex and Society: A Research Note from Social History and Anthropology Comparative Studies in Society and History).
The biological aspects of human sexuality include human reproduction and other aspects such as organic and neurological responses, heredity, hormonal issues, gender issues and sexual dysfunction (Ellen Ross, Rayna Rapp Sex and Society: A Research Note from Social History and Anthropology Comparative Studies in Society and History).
Additionally, human sexuality can be conceptualized as inclusive of the social life of humans, governed by implied rules of behavior. Of course, this involves cultural and societal influences including media such as politics and the mass media. Historically, media has caused significant changes in sexual social norms such as the sexual revolution (Ellen Ross, Rayna Rapp Sex and Society: A Research Note from Social History and Anthropology Comparative Studies in Society and History).
2. Psychology and Sex
Human sexual experience can include significant emotional and psychological responses. Research studies on sexuality focus on psychological influences that impact sexual behavior and experience. Early psychological analyses were conducted by Sigmund Freud. He also introduced the concepts of erogenous zones, psychosexual development, and
the Oedipus complex (Ellen Ross, Rayna Rapp Sex and Society: A Research Note from Social History and Anthropology Comparative Studies in Society and History).
Behaviorists including John B. Watson and B. F. Skinner evaluate the connection between behavior theory and sex. For example, they might study a child who is punished for sexual exploration and see if they grow up to associate negative feelings with sex in general. Social-learning theorists use similar concepts, but focus on cognitive activity and modeling (Ellen Ross, Rayna Rapp Sex and Society: A Research Note from Social History and Anthropology Comparative Studies in Society and History).
Gender identity is “a person's own sense of identification as female, male, both, neither, or somewhere in between”. The social construction of gender has been discussed by a wide variety of scholars, Judith Butler notable among them. Recent contributions consider the influence of feminist theory and courtship research (Ellen Ross, Rayna Rapp Sex and Society: A Research Note from Social History and Anthropology Comparative Studies in Society and History).
Human sexual behavior encompasses the search for a partner or partners, interactions between individuals, physical, emotional intimacy, and sexual contact. Unprotected sex may result unwanted pregnancy or sexually transmitted diseases. Prior to reliable contraception methods, controlling sexual behavior was practically important to parents in some societies. The methodologies employed by parents to try to prevent their children from prematurely becoming parents themselves could have a profound effect on the minds of those children (Ellen Ross, Rayna Rapp Sex and Society: A Research Note from Social History and Anthropology Comparative Studies in Society and History).
Sexual behavior
Sexual function is impacted significantly by cognitive process. Male sexual dysfunction includes inability to achieve an erection, penile insensitivity, premature ejaculation. Female sexual dysfunction includes inability to achieve orgasm and vaginismus. The dysfunctions described may contribute to the development of secondary problems. For example, sufferers may self medicate with substances. Sexual dysfunction clinical focus may include addressing low self esteem, guilt, and self-destructive impulses. Freud
claimed that neither predominantly different, nor same-sex sexuality was the norm. instead he argued that bisexuality is the normal human condition thwarted by society. A 1901 medical dictionary lists heterosexuality as "perverted" different-sex attraction, while by the 1960s its use in all forums referred to "normal" different-sex sexuality. In 1948 Alfred Kinsey publishes Sexual Behavior in the Human Male, popularly known as the Kinsey Reports (Ellen Ross, Rayna Rapp Sex and Society: A Research Note from Social History and Anthropology Comparative Studies in Society and History).
For many years, homosexuality was classified as a psychiatric disorder. In 1973 homosexuality was declassified as a mental illness in the United Kingdom. In 1986 homosexuality as a psychiatric disorder was removed from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) of the American Psychiatric Association (Ellen Ross, Rayna Rapp Sex and Society: A Research Note from Social History and Anthropology Comparative Studies in Society and History).
HIV AND AIDS CEUS
HIV AND AIDS CEUS
7 Hours/CEU’s
Click here for full course text
© 2009 by Aspira Continuing Education. All rights reserved. No part of this material
may be transmitted or reproduced in any form, or by any means, mechanical or
electronic without written permission of Aspira Continuing Education.
1. Differentiate between HIV and AIDS
2. Identify causes
3. Learn epidemiology
4. Learn the historical framework related to the development of
HIV/AIDS
5. Become familiar with the impact HIV/AIDS on culture
6. Identify and recognize common stigmas associated with HIV/AIDS
7. Increase familiarity with the relationship between HIV/AIDS and
mental health
8. Increase familiarity with the relationship between HIV/AIDS and
substance abuse
9. Develop the ability to identify the characteristics and method of
assessment and treatment of people who live with HIV/AIDS.
Table of Contents:
1. Definitions
2. Causes
3. Epidemiology
4. History
5. Stigma
6. HIV/AIDS and Mental Health
7. HIV/AIDS and Substance Abuse
8. Cognitive Disorders
9. Summary
10. References
1. Definitions
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a lentivirus (a member of the
retrovirus family) that can lead to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
(AIDS), a condition in humans in which the immune system begins to fail,
leading to life-threatening opportunistic infections. Previous names for the
virus include human T-lymphotropic virus-III (HTLV-III),
lymphadenopathy-associated virus (LAV), and AIDS-associated retrovirus
(ARV). Infection with HIV occurs by the transfer of blood, semen, vaginal
fluid, pre-ejaculate, or breast milk. Within these bodily fluids, HIV is present
as both free virus particles and virus within infected immune cells. The four
major routes of transmission are unprotected sexual intercourse,
contaminated needles, breast milk, and transmission from an infected mother
to her baby at birth (Vertical transmission). Screening of blood products for
HIV has largely eliminated transmission through blood transfusions or
infected blood products in the developed world (Appay V, Sauce D, January
2008. "Immune activation and inflammation in HIV-1 infection: causes and
consequences". J. Pathol).HIV infection in humans is now pandemic. As
of January 2006, the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and the
World Health Organization (WHO) estimate that AIDS has killed more than 25 million people
since it was first recognized on December 1, 1981. It is estimated that about 0.6 percent of the world's population is infected with HIV. In 2005 alone, AIDS claimed an estimated 2.4–3.3
million lives, of which more than 570,000 were children. A third of these deaths are occurring in sub-Saharan Africa, retarding economic growth
and increasing poverty. According to current estimates, HIV is set to infect 90 million people in Africa, resulting in a minimum estimate of 18 million orphans.
Antiretroviral treatment reduces both the mortality and the morbidity of HIV
infection, but routine access to antiretroviral medication is not available in
all countries. HIV primarily infects vital cells in the human immune system
such as helper T cells (specifically CD4+ T cells), macrophages, and
Human immunodeficiency virus Scanning electron micrograph of HIV-1 (in green) budding
from cultured lymphocyte. Multiple round bumps on cell surface represent sites of
assembly and budding of virions.
7 Hours/CEU’s
Click here for full course text
© 2009 by Aspira Continuing Education. All rights reserved. No part of this material
may be transmitted or reproduced in any form, or by any means, mechanical or
electronic without written permission of Aspira Continuing Education.
1. Differentiate between HIV and AIDS
2. Identify causes
3. Learn epidemiology
4. Learn the historical framework related to the development of
HIV/AIDS
5. Become familiar with the impact HIV/AIDS on culture
6. Identify and recognize common stigmas associated with HIV/AIDS
7. Increase familiarity with the relationship between HIV/AIDS and
mental health
8. Increase familiarity with the relationship between HIV/AIDS and
substance abuse
9. Develop the ability to identify the characteristics and method of
assessment and treatment of people who live with HIV/AIDS.
Table of Contents:
1. Definitions
2. Causes
3. Epidemiology
4. History
5. Stigma
6. HIV/AIDS and Mental Health
7. HIV/AIDS and Substance Abuse
8. Cognitive Disorders
9. Summary
10. References
1. Definitions
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a lentivirus (a member of the
retrovirus family) that can lead to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
(AIDS), a condition in humans in which the immune system begins to fail,
leading to life-threatening opportunistic infections. Previous names for the
virus include human T-lymphotropic virus-III (HTLV-III),
lymphadenopathy-associated virus (LAV), and AIDS-associated retrovirus
(ARV). Infection with HIV occurs by the transfer of blood, semen, vaginal
fluid, pre-ejaculate, or breast milk. Within these bodily fluids, HIV is present
as both free virus particles and virus within infected immune cells. The four
major routes of transmission are unprotected sexual intercourse,
contaminated needles, breast milk, and transmission from an infected mother
to her baby at birth (Vertical transmission). Screening of blood products for
HIV has largely eliminated transmission through blood transfusions or
infected blood products in the developed world (Appay V, Sauce D, January
2008. "Immune activation and inflammation in HIV-1 infection: causes and
consequences". J. Pathol).HIV infection in humans is now pandemic. As
of January 2006, the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and the
World Health Organization (WHO) estimate that AIDS has killed more than 25 million people
since it was first recognized on December 1, 1981. It is estimated that about 0.6 percent of the world's population is infected with HIV. In 2005 alone, AIDS claimed an estimated 2.4–3.3
million lives, of which more than 570,000 were children. A third of these deaths are occurring in sub-Saharan Africa, retarding economic growth
and increasing poverty. According to current estimates, HIV is set to infect 90 million people in Africa, resulting in a minimum estimate of 18 million orphans.
Antiretroviral treatment reduces both the mortality and the morbidity of HIV
infection, but routine access to antiretroviral medication is not available in
all countries. HIV primarily infects vital cells in the human immune system
such as helper T cells (specifically CD4+ T cells), macrophages, and
Human immunodeficiency virus Scanning electron micrograph of HIV-1 (in green) budding
from cultured lymphocyte. Multiple round bumps on cell surface represent sites of
assembly and budding of virions.
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