Citation

Nordyke NS, Baer DM, Etzel BC, LeBlanc JM. J. Appl. Behav. Anal. 1977; 10(3): 553-557.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1977, Wiley-Blackwell)

DOI

10.1901/jaba.1977.10-553

PMID

924924

PMCID

PMC1311225

Abstract

This article discusses and questions a study by Rekers and Lovaas (1974), which sought to "normalize" a young boy's sex-role behavior. The reasons given for treatment and the treatment itself are questioned. The ethical implications of the treatment and its outcome are then discussed, and alternative treatment procedures are suggested. Finally, the experimenters' description of the feminine sex-role is criticized.

Language: en