PSYC 315 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Implicit-Association Test, Cisgender, Cognitive Dissonance
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Answer: using implicit and explicit measures, transgender youth showed a pattern, they viewed themselves as their expressed gender and showed preference for their expressed gender, the same as people that were cisgender. In early development, transgender youth are indistinguishable from cisgender. Can be problematic because they can report they are dinosaurs. Changed in all aspects of their lives (more pure) Raised in more supportive environment = increasing amounts. Tension between their gender and natal sex. Mostly white, some asian recruited online and in person. Faster: natal sex with good slow: other sex with bad. Who would you rather be friends with. Would you prefer boy toy or girl toy. Trans favored objects endorsed by children of expressed gender. Explicit internal gender identity corresponded to their sex or expressed gender. Transgender natal sex different from those of control groups. Transgender and expressed gender their patterns did not differ. Show responses typical and expected for children with their gender identity.
