Jimmy's baby doll and Jenny's truck: Young children's reasoning about gender norms

Child Development

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 146-158

  Conry Murray, Clare ^a   Turiel, Elliot ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DECISION MAKING; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECREATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; JUDGMENT; MALE; PARENTING; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; RATIONALIZATION; SOCIAL CONFORMITY; SOCIAL VALUES; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 84856259676     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2011.01696.x     Document Type: Article

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