Language at work: Children's gendered interpretations of occupational titles

Child Development

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 810-828

  Liben, Lynn S ^a   Bigler, Rebecca S ^a   Krogh, Holleen R ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; OCCUPATION; PERCEPTION; RANDOMIZATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; WORK;

CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; OCCUPATIONS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STEREOTYPING; WORK;

EID: 0036583773     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8624.00440     Document Type: Review

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