Briefly summarize Daryl Bem's "exotic becomes erotic" notion of homosexuality. What evidence is there for this theory?
What will be an ideal response?
• Possible Response Points:
• Daryl Bem has suggested an explanation for homosexuality based on the ideas that
• children have predilections for certain kinds of play when they are young, and end up playing mostly with boys or mostly with girls as a result
• as adolescents, they see the less-known gender as different and anxiety-provoking
• they later relabel that anxiety as sexual attraction
• While this theory is highly provocative, and while competing theories are lacking, it does not (yet) have strong empirical support, and thus remains speculative.
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a. personal factors more than situational factors. b. situational factors more than personal factors. c. both personal and situational factors. d. the relationship between you and your professor.
Which of the following are a type of "classical antidepressant"?
A. GABA agonists B. Tricyclics C. Neuroleptics D. Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors
Rules that define acceptable and expected behavior for members of various groups are called
a. social norms. b. cultural laws. c. universal norms. d. cultural relational behaviors.
The infant's first sensorimotor activities are
reflexes. first acquired adaptations. anticipation. active experimentation.