psychodynamic explanation of gender

• What is the age range for the phallic stage in children?

  3 to 5 years
• What develops a child's gender identity during the phallic stage?

  Resolution of the Oedipus or Electra complex
• What complex do boys experience according to the psychodynamic explanation?

  Oedipus complex
• What do boys romantically desire during the Oedipus complex?

  Their mothers
• What do boys feel towards their fathers during the Oedipus complex?

  Aggression and jealousy
• What is castration anxiety in boys?

  Fear of being castrated by their father
• How do boys resolve their castration anxiety?

  By identifying with their father
• What develops as a result of identifying with their father?

  The superego and male gender identity
• What do boys do with their desire for their mother after identifying with their father?

  Displace it onto other women
• What complex do girls experience according to the psychodynamic explanation?

  Electra complex
• What do girls realize during the Electra complex?

  They have no penis
• What do girls desire during the Electra complex?

  Their father
• What feelings do girls have towards their mothers during the Electra complex?

  Hostility and blame
• How do girls resolve their feelings towards their father?

  By identifying with their mother
• What do girls substitute their desire for a penis with?

  Desire for a baby
• What is a strength of the psychodynamic explanation of gender development?

  Supportive evidence for the Oedipus complex
• What is a weakness of the psychodynamic explanation of gender development?

  Evidence is case study based
• What does the case study evidence fail to provide?

  Generalizable support for the complexes
• What is another weakness of the psychodynamic explanation of gender development?

  Overemphasis on parental role
• What evidence contradicts the psychodynamic explanation of gender identity?

  Gender roles exist without same-sex parents