CHILDREN'S SEXUAL KNOWLEDGE--SOCIAL/BIOLOGICAL ASPECTS

拟议的研究旨在加深我们对 儿童和青少年的性观念。 思维 关于性的生物学方面（例如，生殖、避孕） 和性的社会方面（例如，道德和文化规范，爱， 婚姻将被调查。 将采用两种评估方法： 分类和识别任务以评估基本生物学概念（例如， 有生命和无生命物体的生产和复制），以及一系列 结构化的问题和探测，旨在评估儿童和 青少年协调社会和生物知识。 此外该 这些受试者的母亲将接受采访，了解他们 我相信他们已经向他们的孩子传达了这些话题，沿着 他们对什么样的信息适合儿童的看法 在不同的年龄。 实现这些目标将有助于 对知情和有效的教育工作至关重要的信息 通过阐明认知和社会方面的知识， 性知识的发展。

The proposed research is aimed at furthering our understanding of children's and young adolescents' concepts of human sexuality. Thinking about biological aspects of sexuality (e.g., reproduction, contraception) and social aspects of sexuality (e.g., moral and cultural norms, love, marriage) will be investigated. Two methods of assessment will be used: sorting and identification tasks to assess basic biological concepts (e.g., production and reproduction of animate and inanimate objects), and a series of structured questions and probes aimed at assessing how children and adolescents coordinate social and biological knowledge. In addition, the mothers of these subjects will be interviewed about the information they believe they have conveyed to their children about these topics, along with their views regarding what sort of information is appropriate for children at different ages. The accomplishment of these aims would contribute information essential for informed and effective educational efforts towards the prevention of AIDS by elucidating cognitive and social components of the development of sexual knowledge.