Children's perception of gender-based illusory correlations: Enhancing preexisting relationships between gender and behavior

Sex Roles

Volumn 48, Issue 11-12, 2003, Pages 483-494

  Susskind, Joshua E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Children's attitudes; Gender roles; Gender schema; Recall learning; Stereotyped attitudes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038703500     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023519127547     Document Type: Article

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