In his childhood, Andrew-a student-was more attracted to the girls in his class than to the boys. However, he is attracted to his male friends during his adolescence. He is confused about his sexual orientation because his sexual orientation has changed from being heterosexual to being homosexual. Identify the model of sexual orientation that most likely depicts Andrew's sexual orientation.

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The unidimensional-bipolar model asserts that sexual orientation exists along a continuum, ranging from exclusively heterosexual at one end to exclusively homosexual at the other, with bisexuality in between. Andrew's experience of changing from a heterosexual orientation in childhood to a homosexual orientation in adolescence matches this model. A dichotomous-psychoanalytic model would view sexual orientation as a rigid binary between heterosexual and homosexual, which does not account for Andrew's experience of being attracted to both genders at different stages of his life. A two-dimensional-orthogonal model would view sexual orientation along two separate dimensions (such as attraction to the same gender and gender identity) rather than a single continuum, which does not fit with Andrew's experience. The ego-dystonic model refers to individuals who experience distress or discomfort with their own sexual orientation, which is not specifically relevant to Andrew's case.

In His Childhood, Andrew-A Student-Was More Attracted to the Girls