Describe Three of the Early Theories Offered to Explain the Occurrence

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Essay

Describe three of the early theories offered to explain the occurrence of homosexuality and the current status of these theories. Summarize the results obtained from Alan Bell's extensive study of heterosexual and homosexual individuals. What evidence is there that homosexuality has either genetic or environmental causes

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Definitions:

Consensual Experiments

The experimental research in which all participants give their informed consent prior to participation.

Pineal Body

A small endocrine gland in the brain that produces the hormone melatonin, which regulates sleep-wake patterns and seasonal biological rhythms.

Rene Descartes

A 17th-century French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist credited with developing the Cartesian coordinate system and contributing to the fields of philosophy and mathematics.

Persistent Vegetative State

A condition of severely impaired consciousness in which a person exhibits wakefulness without detectable awareness or response to the environment.