psychodynamic ao3

Question 1

lack of empirical research support

Answer 1

• evidence is weak
• case studies = researcher bias = hans behaviour is interpreted in line with freuds beliefs
• unconscious as a motivator = cant be tested = unscientific

Question 2

challenging evidence

Answer 2

• boys growing up in. single parent family or have parents of the same gender = develop normal gender identity
• sons of harsh fathers = a more robust sense of gender identity
• no evidence = reverse could be true = boys with more liberal fathers tend to be more secure in their masculine identity