Apart from its controversy,reparative therapy has some basis in learning theory.After all it is a well held principle that behavior which is learned can also be unlearned.There was a time when psychology was hell bent on the idea that there was a conditioning aspect to virtually all behavior.Recall the ethological versus the conditioning debates of earlier years.Psychology made the so called Fixed action patterns of ethological theory subject to emvironmental influemces'I do find it interesting that psychogy has failed to allow for the learning aspects of gay behavior,It attacks the choice paradigm (Humanistic perspective) leaving one to readily accept the Lady Gaga" born this way" deterministic perspective. Ironically,there is a deterministic perspective to learned behavior.It is called reinforcement.
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