Psychodynamic explanations of gender

Question 1

Where does Gender development start (Psychodynamic Theory)

Answer 1

Phallic stage

Question 2

What does Freud argue happens in a Boy’s Gender development at the phallic stage

Answer 2

The Oedipus complex causes the boy to fancy his mother and want to replace his father, this causes him to identify with the father and internalise his gender roles

Question 3

What does Freud argue happens in a Girl’s Gender development at the phallic stage

Answer 3

The Oedipus complex causes the girl to dislike her mother because of her penis envy and blaming her mother for this. to get over this she replaces the penis envy with the want to have a baby, this causes her to identify with the mother and internalise her gender roles

Question 4

What does the girl experience that makes her Hate her mother (Psychodynamic Theory)

Answer 4

Penis Envy, because she blames her mother for her not having a penis

Question 5

What does the boy do because of his Oedipus complex

Answer 5

Fancy his mother, wanting to replace his father and identify with him

Question 6

What did Malinowski find in relation to the Oedipus complex

Answer 6

The boy hates his father because of anger at discipline, not sexual jealousy

Question 7

Evaluate the psychodynamic explanation for gender development

Answer 7

Evidence for the Oedipus complex, little Hans
Or 3 to 11 year olds interviewed, those who were deemed gender disturbed, 75% had no father figure in their lives

Female development, Freud admitted women are a mystery to him, horney suggests womb envy is more powerful than penis envy and challenges the idea women want to be like men

Pseudoscientific, unconscious processes, unobservable, unfalsifiable