A person contemplating surgery to alter his or her bodily appearance to that of the opposite sex is thinking about becoming ________.

A. homosexual
B. a transvestite
C. a transsexual
D. an inverted sex role participant


Answer: C

Psychology

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a. primary gain. b. secondary gain. c. tertiary gain. d. psychosomatic gain.

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If a female rat is exposed to highly stressful experiences late in pregnancy, what happens to the sexual development of her offspring? a. The genetic males become responsive to male partners

b. The genetic females become responsive to female partners. c. Both male and female offspring become unresponsive to all sexual partners. d. Both male and female offspring become highly aggressive in their sexual behaviors.

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Stefanie has intense sexually arousing fantasies of being utterly helpless while being tied up and humiliated and she finds sex partners who fulfill these urges. A reasonable assumption is ____

a. a diagnosis of sexual masochism disorder b. that she was a victim of child sexual abuse c. a diagnosis of pedophilia d. a diagnosis of sadism

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In his research on attachment relationships, Peter Fonagy found that the working models of English mothers measured before their babies' birth accurately predicted whether their infants would form secure or insecure attachments ____ percent of the time

a. 25 b. 50 c. 75 d. 99

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