I will see if I can find some of my old text books online. I was using the DSMlll and remembering from some of my old books I used when I was practicing as a consultant in a psych hospital. That was a long time ago. I did not do much work in clinical psychology, my field was primarily in physiological psychology. Some of my old research may still be in print. I did a few papers on trying to find a physical link to homosexual tendencies. But I won't use my own work to establish proof for you, as I may be a bit biased towards my own work, I will see what I can find that was published by some of my colleagues.
I will gather up some reference works that Insha Allah will suffice as proof. It will take a few hours, I need to remember names, at my age I have trouble remembering my own.
I apologise for not offering some verifications I can show immediatly.
1. Homosexuality is not considered to be a pasychiatric disorder by the AMA or the APA as it was deleted as such in the second edition of the DSMll second edition 1973:
http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:FzRe_BwHciYJ:www.psychiatryonline.com/DSMPDF/DSM-II_Homosexuality_Revision.pdf+DSM+definition+of+Homosexuality&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESjGnTi_9l89ALaFsL9rP5z227IPRO0hgBPe2usJq5LmJZ2aZVUrdiwQZ625UF9yw5Fv2SUuDWTpDpKHvrbZMif77AtLiToniFA1KqVPt20Ji_sxKS1A3r9CYPunOIZsKXEMQb6S&sig=AHIEtbS_bIGnjeokYcVPXhmRIOt1O5hCFw
Some of the other points are simply a matter of definition.
Here are some definitions by recognized sources:
BEHAVIOR:
From Merrian-webster
Definition of BEHAVIOR
1
a : the manner of conducting oneself b : anything that an organism does involving action and response to stimulation c : the response of an individual, group, or species to its environment
2
: the way in which someone behaves; also : an instance of such behavior
3
: the way in which something functions or operates
— be·hav·ior·al adjective
— be·hav·ior·al·ly adverb
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Examples of BEHAVIOR
I'm surprised by her bad behavior toward her friends.
Students will be rewarded for good behavior.
scientists studying the behavior of elephants
An acceptable social behavior in one country may be unacceptable in another country.
Doctors are trying to educate people about behaviors that can put them at increased risk for skin cancer.
The experiment tested the behavior of various metals under heat and pressure.
Origin of BEHAVIOR
alteration of Middle English behavour, from behaven
First Known Use: 15th century
Related to BEHAVIOR
Synonyms: actions, address, bearing, comportment, conduct, demeanor, deportment, geste (also gest) [archaic]
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Other Psychology Terms
fetish, hypochondria, intelligence, mania, narcissism, neurosis, pathological, psychosis, schadenfreude, subliminal
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An explanation of behavior by BF Skinner the founder of Behaviorial Psychology
A Brief Survey of Operant Behavior
by B.F. Skinner
It has long been known that behavior is affected by its consequences. We reward and punish people, for example, so that they will behave in different ways. A more specific effect of a consequence was first studied experimentally by Edward L. Thorndike in a well-known experiment. A cat enclosed in a box struggled to escape and eventually moved the latch which opened the door. When repeatedly enclosed in a box, the cat gradually ceased to do those things which had proved ineffective ("errors") and eventually made the successful response very quickly.
In operant conditioning, behavior is also affected by its consequences, but the process is not trial-and-error learning. It can best be explained with an example. A hungry rat is placed in a semi-soundproof box. For several days bits of food are occasionally delivered into a tray by an automatic dispenser. The rat soon goes to the tray immediately upon hearing the sound of the dispenser. A small horizontal section of a lever protruding from the wall has been resting in its lowest position, but it is now raised slightly so that when the rat touches it, it moves downward. In doing so it closes an electric circuit and operates the food dispenser. Immediately after eating the delivered food the rat begins to press the lever fairly rapidly. The behavior has been strengthened or reinforced by a single consequence. The rat was not "trying" to do anything when it first touched the lever and it did not learn from "errors."
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