A CASE STUDY OF ADOLESCENT & ADULT DISORDER Michael was from a lower middle class environment. He was the youngest of three children and the only boy. His mother was very protective and he was very close to her. Sex was a taboo subject in his household. His mother taught that premarital sexual behavior relationships were sinful. Michael could never talk to anyone about any type of relationships. His mother said he was too young to …showed first 75 words of 891 total…

…showed last 75 words of 891 total…of homosexual behavior could be oriented around a deviation concept of abnormality. Homosexual behavior would not be considered a sign of emotional disturbance. Both normal individuals and those society labels as deviant learn to behave in a given manner because of particular patterns of social approval and imitation learning. The homosexual oriented individual most likely had an opportunity to observe, and be reinforced for, different types of behavior than the heterosexually inclined individual. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**