Let's start by saying that no one fits neatly into a little box. I identify as a transsexual but I cannot deny there is a little of the TV, CD and TG in me as well. I also believe that many CD's try to align themselves with the transsexual population; almost as if it is a badge of honour. It isn't.
learning perspective: A psychological approach that emphasizes how the environment and experience affect a persn's or animal's actions; it includes behaviorism and social-cognitive learning theories. behaviorists: focus on the environmental rewards and punishers that maintain or discourage specific behaviors. 19: social-cognitive learning theorists
To study behaviors and experiences, psychology research typically requires animals to be conscious and aware, and as such may be considered the cruelest of animal experiments due to the high degree of pain and suffering involved.