According to research on gender-typed activities,
a. in reality, parents buy boys and girls the same kinds of toys.
b. parents tend to assign outdoor tasks to boys and domestic tasks to girls.
c. parents are particularly likely to discourage gender-inappropriate behavior in their daughters, rather than their sons.
d. aside from stereotyped toy preferences, parents pay little attention to their children's gender-typed activities.
Question 2
Which of the following students has the best overview of the research on parents' stereotyped behavior toward their infants and children?
a. Kyoko: Parents treat infants according to gender stereotypes, but they show somewhat less stereotyping once they appreciate their children's own special characteristics..
b. Alexander: Parents show little stereotyped behavior toward their infants, but much more stereotyping when the children reach school age..
c. Maria: Parents consistently show stereotyped behavior toward daughterswhether they are infants or childrenbut they show minimal stereotyping for sons..
d. Sid: The only area in which parents show stereotyping is with respect to encouragement of aggression in their sons..
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