All of the Following Are True of Psychoanalytic Theory and Sexual

question 129

Multiple Choice

All of the following are true of psychoanalytic theory and sexual orientation EXCEPT:

• A) Freud believed people were inherently bisexual at birth.
• B) Freud saw male heterosexuality as the result of normal maturation and homosexuality as a result of unresolved issues with one's other-sex parent.
• C) Evelyn Hooker was an influential researcher who tried to combat the psychoanalytic view of homosexuality by proving that people who are homosexual are as well-adjusted as people who are heterosexuals.
• D) males who were abandoned by their mother were more likely to be gay.

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