Creating a concept map using low tech requires a piece of paper and a pencil or pen.Having a few colors available can help you further refine the relationships or levels of specificity.
You can also use MindMup (mindmup.com), a freely available program.The developers offer good support with tutorials and tip sheets.You can master the program and get started with your map in a very short time. Functionality is sophisticated enough to meet most needs and you can convert your map to a pdf, print or publishable format. When you’re finished, you can save your map to Google Drive for both storage and re-editing.
The example based on Dr. Zambrano-Varghese's paper, "Gender socialization druing childhoood: the antecedents, agents, and outcomes of gender identity," follows: