Describe the current recommendations for rearing an intersex child.
What will be an ideal response?
A growing number of specialists follow these recommendations:? Be completely honest with the intersexed person and the family, and do nothing without their informed consent.? Identify the child as male or female based mainly on the predominant external appearance. That is, there should be no bias toward calling every intersex a female. Those born with masculinized external genitals seldom make a successful adaptation to a female gender assignment (Houk & Lee, 2010).? Rear the child as consistently as possible, but be prepared that the person might later be sexually oriented toward males, females, both, or neither.? Do not perform genital surgery on a child. Such surgery impairs the person's erotic sensation and is at best premature, as no one knows how the child's sexual orientation will develop. If the intersexed person makes an informed request for such surgery in adulthood, then it is appropriate, but otherwise it should be avoided. (Diamond & Sigmundson, 1997)
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a) behaviorial psychologist b) cognitive psychologist c) psychoanalyst d) psychologist with a biological perspective
The term "course" refers to which of the following?
a. the usual pattern that a disorder follows b. the categories in the DSM-5 c. the dimensions in the DSM-5 d. The presence of more than one disorder at a time
Pressure occurs when
a. a deadline is approaching. b. a person has to slow down his or her activities. c. shock happens unpredictably. d. shock happens regularly.
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A) fear and anger B) anxiety and distress C) empathetic concern D) frowning and lip biting