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As an adolescent, Chris showed signs of gender dysphoria. However, we believe since she is now a young adult, Chris is comfortable and stable in her identity. Despite her confusion with her identity when she was younger, she remained actively social. Chris is comfortable with being lesbian and never let her identity get in the way of her academic success and future.

(Coon et al., 2019)

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Chris has many different social roles because she is a daughter and a student. She is expected to behave professionally regardless of where she is. As a daughter, her father expected her to behave like a girl. She has a high level of social cognition due to her being well-liked by her peers.

She has a middle/high social status. Chris's peers perceive her as having social power due to her networking and past position as class president. Her academic experience and networking make her reliable in social situations.
(Coon et al., 2019)

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In knowing that Chris was actively social, we can see that she has a very extroverted and outgoing personality. Chris considered herself to have more masculine traits in her behavior and attitude.

Regardless, Chris had maintained a friendly and kind personality towards her peers. She was voted president for her freshman class due to the feeling she had enough reliable characteristics in leadership.

(Coon et al., 2019)

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Chris's study relates to the self-determination theory because she expresses her freedom of choice. She freely chooses her sexual preference.

Chris has an intrinsic motivation because her end goal reward is to live her life as she sees fit while embracing her sexuality.

Chris acts on stimulus motives. She experiences curiosity, exploration, and physical contact. She is expressing her growth needs by finding who she truly is.

(Coon et al., 2019)

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Chris is in the conventional moral reasoning stage of development because she looks for acceptance from her father. She also tries to appease her parents and abides by the laws and her values.

Chris could be experiencing a psychosocial dilemma due to trying to create a balance between her identity and the social norms of society.

(Coon et al., 2019)

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Chris is currently in the stage of young adulthood. She has a stable identity but battles with her physical identity
and appearance. During the adolescence stage, Chris experienced role confusion and began to question her sexuality and sense of self.

Chris has authoritative parents. She has a secure attachment to her mother. Chris, however, does not have a stable and supportive relationship with her father. This absence of support could be the reason why Chris never decided to fully transition.

(Budge et al., 2018, Coon et al., 2019)

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Chris displayed a sense of creativity in the way she portrayed her identity by altering her physical appearance. Such as hiding her chest with a skin-colored belt and changing her name to "Morty" to make her name more masculine.

(Coon et al., 2019)

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-Chris has an above-average IQ because she is successful academically and socially. She is also good at being verbal.

-Chris shows good emotional intelligence. This is proven through the fact that at a young age, she was already aware that she felt uncomfortable with her gender identity. When Chris was young, she experimented with how she felt about other girls. She is also aware of other people's emotions.
(Coon et al., 2019)

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Chris's mother displayed positive reinforcement through empathy and supporting her transition and sexual preferences.

Chris's father displayed negative punishment by neglecting her feelings towards the opposite sex. He also was trying to
decrease the likelihood of Chris liking girls and supporting her sexuality.
(Coon et al., 2019)

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-During her childhood, Chris
developed feelings by kissing a girl. The unconditioned response was that Chris liked how the kiss felt. Chris liked the kiss later became the conditioned response.

-The neutral stimulus was girls and they later became the conditioned stimulus, which is now that she has developed feelings for the same sex. The unconditioned stimulus was making out.
(Coon et al., 2019)

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Budge, S. L., Belcourt, S., Conniff, J., Parks, R., W. Pantalone, D., & Katz-Wise, S. L. (2018). A grounded theory study of the development of trans youths’ awareness of coping with gender identity. Journal of Child & Family Studies, 27(9), 3048–3061. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-018-1136-y

Coon, D., Mitterer, J.O., & Martini, T.S. (2019). Introduction to psychology: Gateways to mind and
behavior. (15th Ed.). Cengage Learning

Ristori, J., & Steensma, T. D. (2016). Gender dysphoria in childhood. International Review of Psychiatry, 28(1), 13–20. https://doi.org/10.3109/09540261.2015.1115754

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-Neuropeptides regulate other neurons that affect mood, memory, pain, pleasure, sexual behavior, etc.
_ Chris's neuropeptides could be irregular, causing her to have mood changes about her identity, as well as her sexuality. She was involved with girls sexually by "making out" with them at as little as 9 years old, thus, making her more attracted to girls.
-Chris's attraction to girls at such a young age shows that children can detect their gender identity and preferences at a young age. It also shows that behavioral and social experiences can also alter children's gender preferences.
(Coon et al., 2019, Ristori et al., 2016)

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-Sensation and Perception: Psychosocial Dilemma - Chris is feeling a sensation of neglect and confusion. She is conflicted in the way she perceives herself as it pertains to normal societal roles.
-Emotions can also shape a person's perception. In the instance of Chris, she has always felt awkward trying to be a girl, therefore, making Chris confused with her gender identity.
(Coon et al., 2019)

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-No abnormalities related to brain development.
-The frontal lobe can conflict with a person's sense of self. The endocrine system deals with hormones (Coon et al., 77).
-Elevated hormones can often lead to emotional turmoil in adolescence, which more than likely had a hand with Chris's turmoil with her sexuality (Coon et al., 2019).

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-21-year-old college student

-well-adjusted student, successful academically and socially active.

-considers herself to be like men on the

basis of her attitudes and behaviors

-battles with a conflict of gender identity and gender dysphoria related characteristics

-strongly prefers monogamous relationships
-discomfort with gender-specific roles and behaviors