The Sociological Approach

Front 1

Socialization Processes

Back 1

child rearing practices; learning sex roles

Front 2

Culture Beliefs

Back 2

religious practices; nuclear/extended family

Front 3

"Norms"

Back 3

appropriate behavior in situations

Front 4

Explanations are based on

Back 4

the assumption that cultures attempt to maintain social stability by establishing norms of behavior which foster stable social relationships.

Front 5

"Scripts"

Back 5

are cognitive representations of those "norms": they allow behavior to be organized and predictable

Front 6

Schemas

Back 6

very general and can include a bad a load of information
EX.What is in a house?

Front 7

Three Types of Scripts

Back 7

societal, interpersonal, intrapsychic

Front 8

Societal

Back 8

guidelines for proper behavior in a particular situation

Front 9

Interpersonal

Back 9

guidelines for our social interactions with others
Ex. Employer/Employee relations

Front 10

Intrapsychic

Back 10

ideas and images of which we think in the privacy of our mind(how you might initiate a meeting with someone to whom you are attracted)
Ex. Myspace,Facebook,etc.

Front 11

Conclusion

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Each of those theoretical approaches provide unique and complementary views of sexual behavior. No one theoretical approach can explain all behavior, but each can help us understand behavior at different levels of interest or concern (i.e., biological, psychological, or social/cultural).