18- and 24-month-olds' discrimination of gender-consistent and inconsistent activities.
18- and 24-month-olds' ability to discriminate gender-stereotyped activities was assessed. Using a preferential looking paradigm, toddlers viewed male and female actors performing masculine and feminine-stereotyped activities. Consistent with our predictions, and previous research, 24-month-olds, but not 18-month-olds, looked longer at the gender-inconsistent activities than the gender-consistent activities. Results are discussed in terms of toddlers emerging gender stereotypes and perception of everyday events.
Hill
Sara E
SE
Department of Psychology, Brigham Young University, UT 84602, United States.
Flom
Ross
R
D002657:Child Development; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003210:Concept Formation; D004192:Discrimination, Psychological; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009068:Movement; D012737:Sex Factors; D012938:Social Perception; D012951:Socialization; D013240:Stereotyping