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What is gender identity disorder?

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mismatch between biological sex and gender a person identifies with

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What is the biological explanation of brain sex theory?

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GID caused by size of BSTc, a dimorphic area of the brain that its larger in men but the same size among GID people (Zhou)

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What is the biological explanation of genetic influences?

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  • twin studies show 62% of GID cases accounted for by genetic variance (coolidge)
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what is the social psychological explanation of psychoanalytic theory?

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  • GID in males is caused by extreme separation anxiety (ovesey and Person)
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what is the social psychological explanation of cognitive explanations?

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  • dual pathway theory suggests the development of scheme causes us to identify with out group rather than in group
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  • contradictory evidence for BSTc
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  • Hulshoff Pol = BSTc affected by transgender hormone therapy
  • brain area not fixed n childhood
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  • twin studies are inconclusive
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  • low concordance rates and small sample sizes

- difficult to separate nature and nurture as cause (interactionist)

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  • issues with psychoanalytic theory
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  • only applies to males and more likely to berated to concept of father (Rekers)
  • concept difficult to test