Psychology

The human sexuality is among the most sensitive areas in psychology. It plays a vital role in everyones life. Regardless of whether one is a man or a woman, young or old, Chinese or American, it is an essential part of who we are and what we do. Many scholarly writings as well as researches have been conducted on the human sexuality. This paper also concerns the named matter and aims to study heterosexuality as the human sexual behavior.

Other than eating and sleeping, the human sexuality seems to be another most vital thing that people have to deal with. It really takes up much of the individuals time in both behavior and thought and it seems that every feature of the human life revolves around sexuality to some extent (Abramson and Pinkerton, 1995).

The sexual behavior of humans differs from that of animals, in that, it seems to be controlled by the interplay of a variety of factors, namely, while animals are usually driven to engage themselves in the sexual behavior for the purpose of reproduction, humans are not. Instead, there are many factors that make people practice sexual behavior.

According to Katchadourian (1989), the human sexuality is the manner in which humans express and experience themselves as sexual beings. There are a number of aspects that assist humans to develop their sexuality. It is argued, that the most determinant factor is the gender of a person. Whether one is female or male, they will likely feel a considerable influence of their gender on the development of their individual sexuality. In addition, sexuality is an essential part of different human personalities whether they are aware of it or not.

Problem statement
The purpose of this study on the human sexuality is to study the heterosexual aspect of the human sexual behavior. There are many factors that can make an individual become a heterosexual. One of the major factors is the natural selection. An array of arguments support the idea that the human behavior can be best described through the law of the natural selection. From such a perspective, the dynamic social science between the homosexual and heterosexual desires has changed more as a fitter strategy for the survival of the species as compared to either an exclusively homosexual or heterosexual desire configuration.

Summary of the study
This study is going to give a detailed definition of heterosexuality and take into consideration some historical or background information concerning the matter. Another sector that shall be covered by the paper is the physiological dissimilarities in heterosexual persons and some psychological behavior of heterosexuals. Qualitative methods are to be applied in the course of the research, which will use a semi-structured interview to survey people. These semi-structured interviews can help in obtaining all the necessary information concerning heterosexuality.

Aims and objectives of the study
The aim of this study is to find out the reasons why heterosexuality has been on the rise in the recent years and find out the main contributions to this.
The studys objectives are
To interview some individuals about their opinions concerning heterosexuality
To identify psychological behaviors that trigger heterosexuality
To identify why many people throughout the globe have fallen victims of heterosexuality

Background of the study
The research on the human sexuality is necessary, especially in the area of heterosexuality. Carrying out this research will enable many people to be aware about some historical background as well as psychological behavior that is associated with heterosexuality. Due to the research, people shall be sensitized concerning various forms of the human sexuality and the importance of the subject as a whole.

The psychotherapists and sexologists might shift from their ambiguous ways of handling heterosexuals to better ways. The main reason behind this research is the alarming increase in the heterosexuality behavior among individuals.

Literature review
Heterosexuality is a sexual orientation that entails a long-term disposition pattern to experience affection, sexual or romantic desirability to individuals of the opposite sex. Alternatively, it may be described as a persons sense of social and personal identity basing on those desires, behaviors describing them and association in a society of others who share them. Initially, heterosexuality only used to apply to human beings, but now it is observable in all mammals (Abramson and Pinkerton, 1995).

The heterosexual terminology was first published in the year 1892 during the translation of Krafft-Ebbings Pschopathia Sexualis by C.G Craddock. The terminology started to be used in the1920s but it was not common until the1960s. The current use of the noun was much used in the 19th century. The pervasiveness of exclusive heterosexuality has differed over the decades as well as from culture to culture. The heterosexuality history constitutes the history of human sexuality. Basing on the complications of human prejudice and politics, combined with the acquiescent nature of human behavior, it will take quite some time before the nature and history of all kinds of human sexual behavior are truly acquainted with.
 
Based on the physiological differences in heterosexual persons, many arguments support the idea that the human behavior can be best explained through the law of the natural selection. From such a standpoint, the self-motivated social science between homosexual and heterosexual desire has transformed more as a fitter strategy for survival of the species as compared on either an absolutely homosexual or heterosexual desire configuration (Katchadourian 1989).

At the start of the 20th century, prior theoretical discussions in the psychoanalysis field speculated original bisexuality in the development of the human psychology. Comprehensive studies conducted by some psychologists in the mid of the 20th century found out distributions that resembled those that were earlier postulated. Many studies of today have revealed that a good percentage of humans have had both homosexual and heterosexual sensations and experiences and that some are bisexual.
The modern-day scientific research views that a larger percentage of the human population is bisexual, preferring a fluid sexual scale more than a category, which is a typical view of sexual nature by the Western society. Nevertheless, people are influenced by the social pressure to prefer labels or categories and not behave in a manner that is almost similar to their nature (Abramson and Pinkerton, 1995).

Some studies in the past persistently found sexual orientation to be an evolving something that takes many directions over a lifetime of an individual, but not inevitably, including forming desires to a new sex. Individuals rarely redirect their sexualities in a rapid manner and they also rarely do so volitionally. But frequently, sexualities shift, expand and absorb new aspects over decades. For instance, sexuality that is socially normative requires a shifting element of attraction.

Methodology
The method of data collection that shall be applied is the interview questions. The qualitative approach will be used in the study and semi-structured interviews shall be used, because they assists the researcher in getting first hand information from those being interviewed and is also time saving when compared to other methods of data collection. Those that will be asked the interview questions will be adults of 18 years and above regardless of their gender and positionstatus in the society. These interviewees shall be approached independently by the interviewers and it shall be a voluntary task.
Those who agree to be interviewed shall be asked about their attitude to heterosexuality, and the information given by them shall be considered quite important. Most questions shall consider the laid down objectives of the study. After the interview is over the data acquired shall be analyzed and the participants informed about the results as soon as possible.

Conclusion
The study on the human sexuality is a very broad topic that is affected by many features including human psychology, physiology, learning and cognition. This paper mainly dealt with a branch of human sexuality referred to as heterosexuality. This being a research paper, it gave full definition of the term heterosexuality, its historical background as well as its physiological and psychological aspect. It was also noted that this behavior has been changing with time and from culture to culture.