Which of the Following Statements Regarding Homosexuality Best Describes the View

question 119

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements regarding homosexuality best describes the view of the psychoanalytic theorists when it comes to explaining the origin of homosexuality?

• A) In some cases, female homosexuality has been linked to prenatal exposure to abnormally high levels of androgens.
• B) There are anatomical differences in the brain between homosexual and heterosexual men.
• C) Homosexuality is a learned preference acquired when same-sex stimuli have been paired with sexual arousal.
• D) Homosexuality results when a boy is raised by a weak, detached, ineffectual father and an overprotective close-binding mother.

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