Psychodynamic Explanation of Gender Development (AQA A-Level Psychology): Flashcards

Boys identify with father to resolve feelings for mother due to castration anxiety (age 3-6)

Girls identify with mother after penis envy & father attraction

Children adopt characteristics of same-sex parent

Children adopt same-sex parent's values into own personality

Boys' fear father will punish them for feelings toward mother

Girls perceive self & mother as inferior lacking male genitalia

Ages 3-6, when gender identity develops via complexes

Liberal, supportive fathers produce more secure masculine identity

Unconscious processes can't be falsified, making it pseudoscience

Kohlberg: children label gender by age 2, before Freud's age 6