Author Question: The American Psychiatric Association, the American Psychological Association, the American Academy ... (Read 124 times)

burton19126 · **on:** Jul 2, 2018

The American Psychiatric Association, the American Psychological Association, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Counseling Association, the National Association of School Psychologists, the National Association of Social Workers, and the American Medical Association agree that

a. sexual orientation cannot be changed.
b. sexual orientation can be changed with intensive psychotherapy.
c. efforts to change homosexuality have been largely successful.
d. sexual orientation is a learned preference.

Question 2

Reparative therapy or conversion therapy refers to

a. treatment of the mental depression that accompanies the realization one is homosexual.
b. programs designed to enlighten people and change their prejudices toward homosexuals.
c. programs dedicated to changing homosexuals' sexual orientations.
d. programs dedicated to helping parents, siblings, and children of homosexuals accept their loved one's choice of a homosexual lifestyle.