Children’s assignment of gender to animal characters in pictures

Journal of Genetic Psychology

Volumn 157, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 297-301

  Arthur, April G ^a   White, Hedy ^a  

^a WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BOOK; CHILD; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOSEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; REFERENCE VALUE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIALIZATION;

ADULT; ANIMAL POPULATION GROUPS; ANIMALS; BOOKS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOSEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; REFERENCE VALUES; SOCIALIZATION; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 0030240621     PISSN: 00221325     EISSN: 19400896     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00221325.1996.9914867     Document Type: Article

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