FACULTY OF HUMAN MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES

PSYCHOLOGY OF SEXUALITY.

I. GENERAL DATA

1.0. Academic Unit : Professional School of Human Psychology

1.1. Academic semester : 2019
1.2. Subject Code : 2003 -20413
1.3. Cycle :VII
1.4. Credits : 03
1.5. Weekly hours
Total: Theory Practice
4 2 2

In-person : 04
1.6. Requirement : Projective Tests (2003- 20406)
1.7. Responsible Teachers :

II. SUMILLA

The subject is mandatory, of a theoretical-practical nature, its purpose is to study the

diagnostic criteria and sexual therapeutic strategies.
It develops the study of human sexuality from its anthropological origins, its sociocultural
manifestations, its biological and psychological bases to the configuration of sexual
behaviors and its contemporary pathologies.
The subject contains 4 thematic units: Unit I: Fundamentals and biological bases of
sexuality, Unit II: Sexual behavior: variation, option and disorder, Unit III: Sexological
intervention. Unit IV: Sexuality, couples, family and society.

III. COMPETENCES OF THE SUBJECT

Understands and applies the theoretical-practical aspects of the psychology of sexuality;

developing an analytical, unprejudiced and broad vision of human sexuality. Additionally,
acquire basic skills or competencies for sexual orientation and advice, as well as sexual
diagnosis and treatment.

III.1 Capabilities

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 a) Know and understand what the determinants of human sexual behavior are.
b) Identify, evaluate and diagnose sexual dysfunctions and pathologies of sexual
behavior.
c) Prepares guidance and/or advice interventions for sexual problems.
d) It incorporates the sexological knowledge acquired to enrich your personal
experiences with an analytical, unprejudiced and broad vision of human sexuality.

III.2 Attitudes and Values

a) Develops a problematizing, questioning and critical attitude towards reality, while

proposing alternative solutions and improvements to problems.
b) Develops creativity and social responsibility, through the selection and formulation
of problems and alternatives for innovative and relevant solutions.
c) Regularly attend face-to-face sessions and maintain permanent communication
by electronic means with the teacher.
d) Manifests intellectual honesty by respecting the authorship and ideas of the
authors of the sources.

IV. CONTENT PROGRAMMING

UNIT I: FOUNDATIONS AND BIOLOGICAL BASES OF SEXUALITY

CAPACITY: Know and understand the determinants of human sexual behavior

Contact hours
Week Contents Learning activities
hours away

Application work in
Introduction to classroom:
1 human - Investigate the concepts 4 0
sexuality. and foundations of the
psychology of sexuality.

Application work in
Determinants of classroom:
2 sexual - Conceptual map of the 4 0
behavior. determinants of sexual
behavior.
Application work in
classroom:
The historical - As a group they analyze
evolution of the importance of
3 human sexuality in the human 4 0
sexuality to the history of Peru and the
present day. world.
- Theatrical representation
of episodes from the

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 history of sexuality
Biological,
ethological,
psychological
Application work in
and
classroom:
sociocultural
- Prepares audiovisual aid
bases of 4 0
material to facilitate
human
4 understanding of sexual
sexuality.
functioning

QUALIFIED PRACTICE 1

UNIT II: SEXUAL BEHAVIOR: VARIATION, CHOICE AND DISORDER

CAPACITY: Identify, evaluate and diagnose sexual dysfunctions and pathologies of
sexual behavior
Contact hours
Week Contents Learning activities
hours away
Application work in
classroom:
- Human
- Investigates background
Sexual
and modern conception
5 Response. 4 0
of human sexual
- sexual
response.
dysfunctions
- Review the types of
sexual dysfunctions
- Variations in
Application work in
sexual
classroom:
6 behavior. 4 0
- Discuss variations in
- sexual
sexual behavior.
identity
Application work in
Evaluation and
classroom:
diagnosis of
7 - They review, evaluate 4 0
sexual behavior
and discuss sexual
disorders
clinical cases.
8 Sexual crimes Application work in 4 0
and high-risk classroom:
sexual - In groups they analyze
behaviors the psychological profile
of the individual in sexual
crimes.

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 MIDTERM EXAM

UNIT III: SEXOLOGICAL INTERVENTION

CAPACITY: Prepares guidance and/or advice interventions on sexual problems.

Contact Hours at a
Week Contents Learning activities
hours distance
Application work in
classroom:
Background, - Review the different
methods and theoretical schools and
9 4 0
techniques of orientations in sexology.
sexual therapy. - Learn the methods and
techniques of sexual
therapy.

Application work in
Guidance and classroom:
sexological - Reviews and describes
10 4 0
advice for the strategies used in
sexual therapy sexological counseling
and guidance.
Addressing
sexual Application work in
psychosocial classroom:
problems: - Review the statistics of
1.Teenage psychosocial sexual
pregnancy. problems.
11 2. Abortion. - Recognize the centers 4 0
3. Prostitution. that provide care for this
4. problem.
Pornography. - Interview people involved
5.Sexual in psychosocial sexual
violence. problems.
6. HIV/AIDS.
12 Sexual Application work in 4 0
education to classroom:
achieve sexual - Reviews the main
health. contributions of the
educational area of
sexology to achieve
sexual health in the
population.
- They build and apply a
sexual education
program.

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 QUALIFIED PRACTICE 2

UNIT IV: SEXUALITY, COUPLE, FAMILY AND SOCIETY

CAPACITY: Incorporates the sexological knowledge acquired to enrich your
personal experiences with an analytical, unprejudiced and broad vision of human
sexuality.
Contact Hours at a
Week Contents Learning activities
hours distance

Application work in
Love and classroom:
intimacy in the - Review the determinants
13 4 0
couple. of sexuality as a couple
and its functionality.

Application work in
Life as a couple classroom:
14 4 0
and family Recognize life as a couple
and family

Application work in
classroom:
- Recognizes and
Conception,
describes the process of
15 contraception 4 0
conception and
and infertility
contraception.
- Interview people with
infertility problems.
16 Sexuality and Application work in 4 0
physical and classroom:
mental - Recognizes and
disability describes the sexual
behavior of people living
with disabilities.
- Interview with people
with disabilities and their
sexual lives.

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 FINAL EXAM

V. METHODOLOGICAL STRATEGIES

 Inductive and deductive logical methods will be used, according to the characteristics
of each topic.
 The classes will be participatory in nature, encouraging debate in groups.
 Individual and group presentations will be made about important topics within the
subject.
 Where possible, audiovisual aids will be used.
 The approach to reality will be encouraged with the presentation of situations or
problems for their objective and substantial recognition, as well as proposing an
appropriate solution.

VI. EQUIPMENT AND MATERIALS

 Multimedia equipment.
 Board.
 Videos.
 Separates.
 Readings.
 Videos.

VII. LEARNING ASSESSMENT

The evaluation system will be permanent and systematic, subject to the current
evaluation regulations of the University.
a) The process and permanent, comprehensive and in-person evaluation according to
the progress of the scheduled learning sessions.
b) The grade is from 0 to 20 points, with 11 being the passing grade.
Evaluations not taken and tasks not presented will be graded with a zero (0) grade.
If there is a fraction of 0.5 in the final average, it will be rounded to the next higher
integer.
c) During the teaching process, attendance, punctuality, conceptual and attitudinal
learning and the practice of values interrelated with the general objectives and the
scope of the described competencies will be taken into account.
d) The final evaluation of the subject is the weighted average of the continuous
evaluation that constitutes the academic work (40%), the partial exam (30%) and the
final exam (30%).

Midterm Exam (E1) : 30%

Final Exam (E2) : 30%
Academic Work (TP) : 40%

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 Final Grade: E1*30% + E2*30% + {[(P1+P2+P3+P4)/4]}*40%

e) The Substitute Exam will be taken after having obtained the failed final average and
will replace the lowest failed grade, either from the Midterm Exam or Final Exam
and/or not having taken one of the aforementioned exams.

VIII. INFORMATION SOURCES

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