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psychodynamic explanation of gender
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What is the age range for the phallic stage in children?
3 to 5
years
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What develops a child's gender identity during the phallic stage?
Resolution of the Oedipus or Electra complex
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What complex do boys experience according to the psychodynamic explanation?
Oedipus complex
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What do boys romantically desire during the Oedipus complex?
Their mothers
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What do boys feel towards their fathers during the Oedipus complex?
Aggression
and
jealousy
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What is castration anxiety in boys?
Fear of being castrated by their
father
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How do boys resolve their castration anxiety?
By identifying with their
father
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What develops as a result of identifying with their father?
The
superego
and male
gender identity
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What do boys do with their desire for their mother after identifying with their father?
Displace
it onto other women
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What complex do girls experience according to the psychodynamic explanation?
Electra
complex
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What do girls realize during the Electra complex?
They have no
penis
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What do girls desire during the Electra complex?
Their
father
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What feelings do girls have towards their mothers during the Electra complex?
Hostility
and blame
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How do girls resolve their feelings towards their father?
By identifying with their
mother
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What do girls substitute their desire for a penis with?
Desire for a
baby
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What is a strength of the psychodynamic explanation of gender development?
Supportive evidence for the
Oedipus complex
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What is a weakness of the psychodynamic explanation of gender development?
Evidence is
case study
based
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What does the case study evidence fail to provide?
Generalizable
support for the
complexes
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What is another weakness of the psychodynamic explanation of gender development?
Overemphasis on
parental role
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What evidence contradicts the psychodynamic explanation of gender identity?
Gender roles exist without
same-sex parents
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