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Which of the Following Statements Can Accurately Describe Bem's Theory

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Which of the following statements can accurately describe Bem's theory of the development of sexual orientation,with specific reference to homosexuality?


A) Children who have a biological tendency to be gender-nonconforming tend to have opposite-sex playmates,and thus later develop an attraction to persons of their own sex.
B) People who inherit a biological tendency to have a homosexual orientation typically reveal this before puberty through gender-nonconforming behavior and preference for opposite-sex playmates.
C) Children who prefer to have playmates of the same sex are actually more likely to develop gender-nonconforming behavior and (after puberty) a homosexual orientation.
D) People who have a homosexual orientation tend to think that they were gender-nonconforming as children,but research data indicates that they generally were not.
E) Children whose parents discourage gender-nonconforming behavior are more likely to develop a homosexual orientation.

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