Which Statement About Gender-Atypical Children in Middle Childhood Is True

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Multiple Choice

Which statement about gender-atypical children in middle childhood is true?

• A) Although gender-atypical children sometimes feel rejected, they seldom experience serious adjustment difficulties.
• B) School-age children who experience rejection because of their gender-atypical traits suffer profoundly.
• C) Experts agree that the best way to help gender-atypical children is to make them more gender typical.
• D) Gender-typical and gender-atypical children show similar gains in self-esteem in third through seventh grade.

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Definitions:

Unconscious Mental Dynamics

The underlying psychological forces, unknown to the conscious mind, that influence individual behaviors and thoughts.

Repression

Repression is a psychological defense mechanism wherein individuals unconsciously push distressing thoughts and feelings out of conscious awareness.

Right-Hemisphere Activity

Neural processes occurring in the right side of the brain, often associated with creativity, intuition, spatial ability, and the processing of visual and auditory information.

Psychoanalytic Theory

A theory developed by Sigmund Freud that focuses on unconscious processes as the driving forces behind human behavior, emphasizing childhood experiences and sexual drives.