What Have Many Sociologists and Psychologists Concluded About Homosexuality

question 29

Multiple Choice

What have many sociologists and psychologists concluded about homosexuality?

• A) Nearly all people engage in either homosexual activity OR heterosexual activity, but not both.
• B) Gay and lesbian people are primarily wealthy, well educated, atheistic, and white.
• C) It is more reasonable to think about homosexual and heterosexual practices, not homosexual individuals.
• D) Homosexuality is a mental illness and can be diagnosed by licensed practitioners.

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Definitions:

Prosopagnosia

A neurological disorder characterized by the inability to recognize faces, also known as face blindness.

Familiar Faces

Recognition of and preference for faces that one has been exposed to previously or frequently.

Recognize

The ability to identify or acknowledge someone or something as previously known or familiar, based on memory or prior exposure.

Halo Effect

A tendency to assume that people with one positive attribute (e.g., who are physically attractive) also have other positive traits.