The power of perception: Children's appearance as a factor in adults' predictions of gender-typical behavior

Social Development

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 409-426

  Rogers, Cindy M ^a   Ritter, Jean M ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Expectancies; Gender appearance; Sex typing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036407692     PISSN: 0961205X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9507.00207     Document Type: Article

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