Gender understanding and the similar sequence hypothesis.
Mentally retarded and nonretarded individuals matched for MA were assessed on gender understanding with the expectation that the two groups would show similar sequencing and attainment. The nonretarded subjects' data mirrored previous cross-sectional findings, but the retarded respondents displayed significantly better gender constancy performance than did their nonretarded counterparts. This unexpected superiority on the constancy component implied different attainment sequences for the groups. Two interpretations were discussed, one attributing the constancy superiority to guessing, the other to greater CA-related knowledge of gender. Present results partially support the hypothesis of similar sequencing in MA-matched groups.
D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D007062:Identification, Psychological; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D010465:Perception; D011582:Psychological Theory