Children's sex-related stereotyping of colors

Children's sex-related stereotyping of colors

Children were presented with 6 toy animals, identical except for colour, and were asked to identify the sex of each animal and to select a favourite. Both sex identifications and toy preferences were highly consistent with adult colour stereotypes. Demonstrated that clothing colour influences childr...

Ausführliche Beschreibung

Gespeichert in:
Bibliographische Detailangaben
Veröffentlicht in:Child development 1990-10, Vol.61 (Oct 90), p.1453-1460
Hauptverfasser: Picariello, M L, Greenberg, D N, Pillemer, D B
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Animals
Colour
Preschool children
Sex stereotypes
Toy animals
Online-Zugang:Volltext
Tags: Tag hinzufügen
Keine Tags, Fügen Sie den ersten Tag hinzu!
Beschreibung
Zusammenfassung:Children were presented with 6 toy animals, identical except for colour, and were asked to identify the sex of each animal and to select a favourite. Both sex identifications and toy preferences were highly consistent with adult colour stereotypes. Demonstrated that clothing colour influences children's impressions of other children whose sex is known. Indicated that the effects of stereotyping based on colour are modest. (Abstract amended)
ISSN:0009-3920