Which of the Following Statements Is True of Sex Reassignment

question 105

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is true of sex reassignment surgery?

• A) Sex reassignment requires a series of surgeries and hormone treatments which can usually be completed in a period of one year.
• B) The construction of female genitals for a male-to-female reassignment is technically more difficult.
• C) Before undergoing sex reassignment surgery, individuals spend up to a year or more living fulltime in the gender role they seek.
• D) Most physicians these days recommend hormone therapy and even surgery for children diagnosed with gender identity disorder.

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Definitions:

Defense Mechanisms

Tactics the ego uses to reduce anxiety by unconsciously distorting reality.

Ego Uses

Refers to the ways in which the ego, as conceptualized in psychoanalytic theory, attempts to mediate between the demands of the id, superego, and reality.

Anxiety

A feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease, typically about an imminent event or something with an uncertain outcome.

Pleasure Principle

A psychoanalytic concept proposing that instinctual drives seek immediate gratification to relieve internal tensions.