When People's Behaviour and Beliefs About Their Sexual Orientation Are

question 74

Multiple Choice

When people's behaviour and beliefs about their sexual orientation are in conflict,how do social scientists usually define them? 

• A) by their emotional attachments 
• B) by their sexual fantasies 
• C) by their sexual behaviours 
• D) by their sexual self-concept

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Definitions:

Evolutionary Perspective

is a theoretical approach in psychology that seeks to explain useful mental and psychological traits—such as memory, perception, or language—as adaptations, i.e., as the functional products of natural selection.

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Mammalian Female

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