A Prospective Study Conducted by Richard Green Followed the Development

question 15

Multiple Choice

A prospective study conducted by Richard Green followed the development of sexual orientation in two groups of boys. What did the study find?

• A)The boys who displayed feminine behaviors were much more likely to be homosexual or bisexual by the time they reached their late teens.
• B)Boys who were the only male child in the household were almost five times as likely to be homosexual by the time they reached early adulthood.
• C)Regardless of whether the boy had brothers or was the only male child in the household, the rate of homosexuality by early adulthood was the same.
• D)Compared to the boys who grew up in an urban area, boys who grew in sparsely populated rural areas were approximately three times as likely to become homosexual.

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