The effects of sex-typed labeling in conjunction with sex-typed modeling upon preschool children's toy preference behavior
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Clyde Robinson (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
- Advisor
- J. Allen Watson
Abstract: Modeling and labeling are two mechanisms which have been identified as playing an integral part in the development of children's sex-typed interests and activities. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the manner in which young children use these two sources of sex-appropriate information--modeling and labeling--to direct their subsequent preferences for sex-typed and neutral toys. Photographs of two equally attractive toys were presented to 144 three- and four-year-old children. One toy was verbally labeled as appropriate for boys and the other labeled appropriate for girls. Following the labeling procedure, the children viewed on a videotape monitor one of the labeled toys being played with by either a same-age boy or a same-age girl. After the videotape modeling sequence, the children were again shown photographs of the pair of toys and their toy preference behavior was recorded.
The effects of sex-typed labeling in conjunction with sex-typed modeling upon preschool children's toy preference behavior
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Additional Information
- Publication
- Dissertation
- Language: English
- Date: 1983
- Subjects
- Sex differences (Psychology) in children
- Sex role in children
- Child psychology