Which theoretical approach to explaining the origins of homosexuality argues that homosexuality results when a boy is raised by a weak,detached,ineffectual father and an overprotective close-binding mother?
A) biological
B) psychoanalytic
C) operant conditioning
D) classical conditioning

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This description matches the psychoanalytic approach, specifically Freud's theory of the Oedipus complex and the Electra complex, which suggests that same-sex attraction is the result of unresolved psychological conflicts from childhood relationships with parents.

Which Theoretical Approach to Explaining the Origins of Homosexuality Argues