The Most Common Finding Related to Environment and Sexual Orientation

question 111

Multiple Choice

The most common finding related to environment and sexual orientation is that attraction to the same sex for both males and females is correlated with

• A) gender nonconformity in childhood.
• B) having gay or lesbian parents.
• C) being sexually abused in childhood.
• D) having a domineering mother.

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Definitions:

Norepinephrine

Norepinephrine is a neurotransmitter and hormone important in the body's fight or flight response, involved in increasing heart rate and blood pressure.

Sympathetic Nerve

Part of the autonomic nervous system that stimulates the body's fight or flight response.

Sympathetic Control

The regulation of bodily functions by the sympathetic nervous system, which activates the body's "fight or flight" response.

Heart

A muscular organ that pumps blood through the circulatory system, supplying oxygen and nutrients to the tissues and removing carbon dioxide and other wastes.