Between 2000 and 2006, the American Academy of Pediatrics Changed

question 9

Multiple Choice

Between 2000 and 2006, the American Academy of Pediatrics changed its position on what should be done at birth with intersex babies. Specifically, it no longer counsels its members to consider the birth of an intersex child a:

• A) medical emergency that needs to be cured.
• B) social emergency that needs to be fixed.
• C) failure of parenting.
• D) demonic possession.
• E) curse.

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Definitions:

Phallic Stage

Freud’s third stage of development, when the penis becomes the focus of concern and pleasure.

Electra Complex

A psychoanalytic concept proposing a girl's psychosexual competition with her mother for possession of her father.

Learned Behavior

Behavior acquired through interaction with the environment and experiences, as opposed to being innate or instinctual.

Gender Schema

A child’s cognitive concept or general belief about male and female differences.