atypical gender development Flashcards
(9 cards)
gender dysphoria
distress because of mismatch between sex at birth and psych experience of male and female
bio exp for gender dysphoria
mismatch is bc of bio factors like genes and hormones
genetic exp for GD
Brain sex theory, areas like the hypothalamic area are like biologically females in m to f trans
social explanation for GD
mismatch is due to psych factors like slt or unconscious process
psychoanalytic GD
problematic or lack of relationship w same sex parent
cognitive GD
dual pathway suggests development of non sex typed schema are because of personal exp
slt Gd
few same sex role models to observe
positive gd
van beijstervdelt 70% variance of gender identity in 8k twins linked to genes
negative gd
social sensitivity