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Negative attitudes about homosexuality around the world, from most to least prevalent in various religions, are found in the following religions (highest negativity in the 1st religion listed, then in order to least negative).
All of the following is true regarding the views of the American Psychological Association and the American Medical Association EXCEPT- Efforts to change sexual orientation are ineffective.- In 1994, the AMA reversed a long-standing policy of recommending that psychiatrists turn unhappy homosexuals into heterosexuals.- Emotional problems of homosexuals tend to be from a sense of alienation and not sexual orientation.- Reparative therapy is the only effective therapy for homosexual individuals.
A large-scale study showed that men and women consistently differed in some personality traits (such as agreeableness and mental rotation).
According to ____________ , behavioral differences between men and women are due to the different reproductive pressures each faced over thousands of generations.
If parents discover their young child (age 2-6) exploring his/her own genitals, it's important that parents
Which of the following is true?- Recent studies confirm that men have a higher level of sexual interest, more likely to engage in sexual intercourse, and had a greater number of partners than women.- Looking at the mean of sexual behavior, rather than the median, the difference between men and women disappears.- The less gender equality there is within a culture, the greater tolerance/approval of premarital sex and casual sex.- Recent studies in the prevalence of oral and anal sex show that there was next to no gender difference.
Some anti-gay prejudice is by heterosexual men trying to prove their own "manhood."
The developmental pathway to homosexuality is much more diverse for
true or false Babies can apparently die from emotional neglect - not receiving cuddling and hugging.
Homosexual men tend to have more __________ than heterosexual men.
true or falsemales can have erections as fetuses
Sexual prejudice is greater among men than among women, and prejudiced men generally have a much greater negative attitude about gay men than they do lesbians.
The level of testosterone in adult heterosexual men is _________ adult homosexual men.
The American Psychiatric Association decided to discontinue classifying homosexuality as a mental illness in _______. How did the entire APA feel about this decision?
An updated version of the sex-role classifications would suggest the term instrumental replace the term
A study showed that the large majority of homosexuals would change their orientation if they could.
The textbook states, ". . .we shall attempt to distinguish between same-sex behavior and same-sex orientation," and then follows up with
Most lesbians have not had pleasurable sexual relations with men.
Homosexual behavior has been reported in __________ cultures around the world.
Television ads ____________ use stereotyped characters.