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

Janet Hyde (Author), John DeLamater (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 6, 2005 | ISBN-10: 0073197807 | ISBN-13: 978-0073197807 | Edition: 9

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 Women�s 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 Chancellor�s 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..

ohn D. DeLamater, Professor of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin--Madison, received his education at the University of California, Santa Barbara and the University of Michigan. He created the Human Sexuality course at the University of Wisconsin in 1975 and has taught it regularly since then. His research and writing are focused on social and psychological influences on human sexuality; his recent work is in the areas of HIV/AIDs and STD prevention. He is the coauthor of the textbook Social Psychology. He is a Fellow of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality and Editor of The Journal of Sex Research. He has received awards for excellence in teaching from the Department of Sociology and Interfraternity Council-Panhellenic Association and is a member of the Teaching Academy at the University of Wisconsin. He regularly teaches a seminar for graduate students on teaching undergraduate courses. He is married to Janet Hyde.. .

Product Details

• Hardcover: 704 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages; 9 edition (July 6, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0073197807
• ISBN-13: 978-0073197807
• Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.7 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.9 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #589,836 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sex: More Than You Could Know, December 16, 2007

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This review is from: Understanding Human Sexuality with SexSource CD-ROM and PowerWeb (Hardcover)

This was the text used in my Human Sexuality course at Western Michigan University in the fall of 2007. I enjoyed reading it, very thorough and indepth, covering a wide range of sexual topics. The authors, who are also educators, use humor at times in the text, as well as paying respect to the seriousness of the topic. Very fair and unbiased in my opinion on it's take of sexual pathways taken in life. It includes a CD-ROM which has additional information from each chapter in the form of discussions and interviews the student can watch. A text that is user friendly, and incorporates a wide variety of psychological patheways and perspectives, without endorsing one as "correct." I would recommend it to any Professor teaching the course.

10 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Save yourself some money., June 25, 2009

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Sassy Student - See all my reviews

This review is from: Understanding Human Sexuality (Hardcover)

Buy either the 8th or 9th edition. I bought the 8th edition Understanding Human Sexuality with Student CD ROM and PowerWeb and compared my text book with a friend who bought the 10th edition. All that's different is the chapters are spaced differently. All the information needed is still contained within the past editions. I passed my class with a 98%. Save yourself plenty of money and buy past editions for classes you can get away with it in. (For example, human sexuality or anatomy. Chemistry and Math do need current editions since the problems change.)

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting class, December 5, 2008

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This review is from: Understanding Human Sexuality with SexSource CD-ROM and PowerWeb (Hardcover)

Textbook that teachess you about sexual behaviors like it says.
Has very interesting pictures to show you exactly what is going on.
I enjoyed reading this book by myself while my teacher talked on about other things and the videos were interesting and fun to watch