As Early as 2 Weeks of Age, Infants Show a Preference

question 120

True/False

As early as 2 weeks of age, infants show a preference for looking at a photo of their mother as opposed to looking at a photo of a stranger.

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Definitions:

Biological Sex

The classification of organisms, typically as male or female, based on their reproductive organs and functions derived from chromosomal complement.

Gender Dysphoria

Psychological distress experienced by someone whose gender identity differs from their sex assigned at birth.

Transgender

A term describing someone whose gender expression or identity differs from societal expectations based on their physical sex characteristics at birth.

Sexual Orientation

An individual's pattern of emotional, romantic, or sexual attraction to others, which can be towards the same sex (homosexuality), opposite sex (heterosexuality), both sexes (bisexuality), or neither (asexuality).