AP Psych Module 3.3c Gender and Sexual Orientation: Sexual Orientation

sexual orientation

according to the APA (2015), “a person’s sexual and emotional attraction to another person and the behavior and/or social affiliation that may result from this attraction”

erotic plasticity

the extent that sex drive can be shaped by social, cultural, and situational factors

fertile females theory

suggests that the game genes that predispose women to be strongly attracted to men (and therefore have a lot of kids) may also dispose some men to be attracted to men

kin selection

the idea that behavior that help a genetic relative are favored by natural selection

fraternal birth-order effect

men who have older brothers are more like to become homosexual and is 1/3 more likely for each brother

conversion therapy

therapy designed to change the sexual orientation of a person