Children reported greater interest in gender-typed toys and neutral toys compared to cross-gender-typed toys. In Study 2, unfamiliar, neutral toys with and without propulsive properties were presented. Propulsive properties did not affect children's interest across both studies. Study 3 was an ...
Gender socialization influences children at early ages, shaping their developing identities. The toys provided by parents deliver some of the earliest gender-based messages by encouraging children to engage in activities associated with, for example, dolls and trucks. In the current study, we measured...
Gender-typed toys may be bought for children as a way for parents to encourage and reinforce gender-appropriate behaviors. However, recent debates have engulfed toy manufacturers and major retailers, which has brought about changes in toy design and marketing in an effort to make reflect more ...
In the present study, we tested whether children's play with feminine toys is related to social abilities in which girls typically excel. We measured gender-typed toy play, empathy, and comforting skill in 80 Grade 1 children (about 6 years-old) in Hong ...
Gender-typed toys may be bought for children as a way for parents to encourage and reinforce gender-appropriate behaviors. However, recent debates have engulfed toy manufacturers and major retailers, which has brought about changes in toy design and marketing in an effort to make reflect more ...
In the present study, we tested whether children's play with feminine toys is related to social abilities in which girls typically excel. We measured gender-typed toy play, empathy, and comforting skill in 80 Grade 1 children (about 6 years-old) in Hong Kong, China. Toy play was assessed...
By their second birthday, they can label others’ gender and even sort objects into gender-typed categories. By the third birthday, children can consistently identify their own gender (see Martin, Ruble, & Szkrybalo, 2002, for a review). At this age, children believe sex is determined by ...
(e.g.,Gelman et al., 2004;Langlois and Downs, 1980). Consider the domain of children's play activities. A large-scale meta-analysis of parental treatment of boys and girls found that parents who encouraged children's gender-typed toys and activities and discouraged cross-gender-typed toys ...
influence children’s information processing and behavior (seeMartin & Dinella, 2002, for a review). This research has employed the use of gender-labeling of novel non-gender-typed toys or activities to examine the direct link between gender stereotypes and children’s responses. In these studies...
(Hastings et al.,2007; Zhang and Gao,2015). For example, as previous studies have found, parents with traditional attitudes spend more time playing with gender-typed toys than with cross-gender toys (Wood et al.,2002). In addition, the way parents play with their children extends to the...