TY - JOUR
AU - Huston, Aletha C.
AB - Preference for and play with same-sex-stereotyped toys is one of the earliest manifestations of sex role development in young children. In this study, naturalistic observations of the play of 52 toddlers with a set of socially stereotyped masculine, feminine, and neutral toys were made in a day care setting over 14 months. In addition, two potential influences on toy choice were investigated: parental expectations of play and children's gender knowledge. Toddlers played more often with toys stereotyped for their own gender than with the other toys. Girls' play with feminine toys increased with age, but boys' play with masculine toys did not vary with age, partly because even the youngest boys chose masculine toys frequently. Parents provided same-sex-typed toys for their children and made sex-typed predictions of their children's toy choices, but these measures were not clearly related to children's play. Cognitive change in understanding of gender was related to toddler boys' early sex-typed behavior.
TI - Development of Sex-Typed Play Behavior in Toddlers
JO - Developmental Psychology
DO - 10.1037/0012-1649.21.5.866
DA - 1985-09-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/american-psychological-association/development-of-sex-typed-play-behavior-in-toddlers-yCSwjjb3iw
SP - 866
EP - 871
VL - 21
IS - 5
DP - DeepDyve
ER -