Two-Year-Olds' Discrimination of Gender-Stereotyped Activities

Two-year-olds' knowledge of gender-stereotyped tasks was assessed in an experiment that utilized the preferential looking paradigm. The looking times of toddlers' (N = 18) gazes towards gender-consistent and gender-inconsistent activities were measured and assessed. In the procedure, toddlers viewed either a male or female actor on two displays performing a masculine stereotyped activity (shaving, putting on a tie) on one screen and a feminine stereotyped activity (putting on lipstick, putting on nail-polish) on the other screen. Infants also viewed male and female actors performing gender-neutral activities (eating, drinking water) side by side in control trials. Consistent with our predictions and previous research, the toddlers looked longer at the gender-inconsistent events than the gender-consistent or gender-neutral activities. The results suggest that children have developed some knowledge of gender-stereotyped events by 24 months of age.

Name thesis:degree_name

MS

Grantor dc:publisher

Brigham Young University - Provo

Author dc:creator

• Hill, Sara Elizabeth

• gender
• stereotypes
• childhood
• development
• gender-stereotypes
• Psychology

Language dc:language

English

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/1066

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholarsarchive.byu.edu:etd-2065