Atypical gender development

Question 1

What is the concordance rate of gender dysphoria in MZ twins

Answer 1

39%

Question 2

What is the estimated prevalence of gender dysphoria

Answer 2

2.3%

Question 3

What is the definition of gender dysphoria

Answer 3

A condition where a person experiences a mismatch between biological sex and their gender identity

Question 4

What gene variant is found is male to female transgender individuals

Answer 4

A longer than average androgen receptor

Question 5

What does a longer than average androgen receptor do to a person’s testosterone sensitivity

Answer 5

Unresponsive to testosterone

Question 6

What brain area is believed to be responsible for for psychological gender identity

Answer 6

Cerebellum

Question 7

How does the bed of the stria terminalis appear in male to female transgender individuals

Answer 7

Similar to the size of a biological female’s

Question 8

According to the psychodynamic explanation of gender dysphoria what is the cause

Answer 8

Separation anxiety and attachment difficulties such as bereavement

Question 9

What is it called when a child fuses their identity with their separated parent

Answer 9

Symbiotic fusion

Question 10

How do social psychologists explain gender dysphoria

Answer 10

As a learnt behaviour reinforced by encouragement of cross gender behaviours

Question 11

According to cognitive psychologists what is the first pathway in the dual schema model

Answer 11

Gender schema directs gender appropriate attitudes and behaviours

Question 12

Name a coping method used by children suffering with extreme separation anxiety

Answer 12

Fantasising about their mother and adopting her roles

Question 13

How much bigger is the sexually dimorphic nucleus supposed to be in men and how much bigger is it in male to female transgender people

Answer 13

2.5 times bigger usually

around the same size as a biological woman’s

Question 14

How might a social psychologist say a person developed gender dysphoria

Answer 14

Their parents, unconsciously or otherwise, are socialising their child with the opposite gender

Question 16

Who is Lisa Littman

Answer 16

creator of rapid gender onset dysphoria, they interviewed people’s parents and not the people, their transphobic parents btw, this is the dumbest study you will learn about. They came to the conclusion that positive reinforcement from peers is causing people to experience gender dysphoria, but this is so dumb because they got this from parents, if they had asked the actual transgender people themselves then the findings would actually mean something. I hate doctor Lisa Littman

Question 17

How is biological research good

Answer 17

Lead to treatments such as HRT which gives them more features of the gender they feel aligned with, reducing dysphoria