Author Question: You are playing with your 5-year-old nephew Matthew. According to the research on children's ... (Read 79 times)

scienceeasy · **on:** Jun 21, 2018

You are playing with your 5-year-old nephew Matthew. According to the research on children's stereotypes about gender, Matthew is most likely to

a. know which toys the boys are supposed to like, and choose gender-consistent activities himself.
b. know which toys the boys are supposed to like, but show no gender preferences in his own play activities.
c. be easily persuaded to play with toys considered appropriate for the other gender.
d. choose gender-consistent play activities, but report little understanding of what boys are supposed to like.

Question 2

Suppose that several children who are 4 and 5 years old are looking at some coloring books and deciding which pictures to color. You will be most likely to see

a. the boys coloring a picture of a football player and the girls coloring a picture of a princess.
b. the boys coloring a picture of a princess and the girls coloring a picture of a football player.
c. the girls coloring a picture of a princess and the boys coloring a picture of a gender-neutral scene.
d. both girls and boys coloring a picture of a gender-neutral scene.