All of the following are true of psychoanalytic theory and sexual orientation EXCEPT:

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Freud did believe that people were inherently bisexual at birth (A), saw male heterosexuality as the result of normal maturation and homosexuality as a result of unresolved issues with one's other-sex parent (B), and Evelyn Hooker was an influential researcher who tried to combat the psychoanalytic view of homosexuality by proving that people who are homosexual are as well-adjusted as people who are heterosexuals (C). However, Freud did not suggest that males who were abandoned by their mother were more likely to be gay (D).

All of the Following Are True of Psychoanalytic Theory and Sexual