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Males and females have different types of connection patterns in their brain, we are assuming that Chris has the same connection pattern as a male. Gender targeted toys could have altered Chris' perception while exploring her gender identity. In response to wanting to be a boy, it led her to seek out transitioning from female to male. Although she is loved by her peers, her low self-confidence prevents her from having a consistent self-concept. If asked about her childhood, Chris would experience and explicit memory. Chris remembered a past experience as a child of feeling uncomfortable when she would go into the girl's restroom. Christine was conditioned to have poor feelings about gender based on prior experiences.  Chris' parents didn't want her to alter her appearance they accepted her name, but they didn't want her to change her body.

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Although she is very loved, Christine has low self-esteem because she is insecure and self-critical. She has been this way since a young age and likely has an inconsistent  self concept due to this.
(Coon, Mitterer, & Martini, 2019, p.381)

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When Chris was a child she knew she was uncomfortable being a girl and using the girl's restroom. As she got older, her need to become a boy grew and she  began to dress like one. Her response to wanting to become a boy eventually led her to seek  out transitioning from female to male.
(Coon, Mitterer, & Martini, 2019, p.314).

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Chris' parents were authoritative, loving, and supportive. They disagreed with her changing her physical appearance, which affected her cognitively. Although her parents and friends were accepting of her male identification, Christine felt inferior and powerless in her body. (Leibowitz & De Vries, 2016; Pollock, & Eyrie, 2019)

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It can be presumed that at some point in Christine's life she was made to feel that she was not accepted as a male. This possibly conditioned her to have uncomfortable feelings about her gender identity.

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Coon, D. Martini, T. & Mitterer, J. (2019) Introduction to Psychology Gateways to Mind and Behavior. Boston: Cengage.

Leibowitz, S., & De Vries, L. C. (2016). Gender dysphoria in adolescence. International Review of Psychology, 28(1), 21-35. Doi: 10.3109/09540261.2015.1124844

Pollock, L,. & Eyre, S. (2019) Growth into manhood: Identity development among female-to-male transgender youth. Culture, Health, & Sexuality. 14(2), 209-222. Doi: 10.108013691058.2011.636072

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In the psychologist's report of Chris, there were accounts of explicit and episodic memory. She could remember how uncomfortable she felt using the ladies' restroom in elementary school. (Coon, Mitterer, & Martini 2019 p. 238)

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Perceptions can be  influenced by advertisements that are targeting gender. For instance, Barbies target females and soldiers target males. This could have confused Christine when she was exploring her gender identity
(Coon, Mitterer, & Martini, 2019 p.148).

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There are many physical differences in male and female brains. These structural differences could explain the functional differences in men and women's brains. Males tend to make front-to-back connection patterns while females make left-to-right connection patterns. This could potentially mean that Christine makes front-to-back.
(Coon, Mitterer, & Martini, 2019, p.128)

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*Christine was born a “normal” female although she felt her true identity was male.
*Chris’s parents were very loving and supportive, they let him know that they loved him.
*His father did believed it was a phase and that it would “pass” but despite that, he loved her.
*They were opposed to the idea of her permanently altering her appearance. *Chris recognized at a very young age. As early as nine she knew she’d rather be involved with girls than boys.
*She tried to hide the fact that she had breasts as she got old and it even left bruising on her chest.