Highlight the Gender Biases Evident in the DSM System and Suggest

question 32

Essay

Highlight the gender biases evident in the DSM system and suggest possible ways to deal with this.

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Definitions:

Sensorimotor Period

In Piaget’s theory, the period of cognitive development from birth to about 2 years, in which the child has not yet achieved object permanence.

Egocentrism

A cognitive bias that makes an individual unable to understand or assume any perspective other than their own.

A-not-B Effect

A cognitive phenomenon observed in infants where they repeatedly reach for an object at a place (A) where it was previously found, even after seeing it moved to a new location (B).

Perseverates

The repetition of a particular response (such as a word, phrase, or gesture) despite the absence or cessation of a stimulus.