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Significant sex differences in toy preferences are found in infants and toddlers (ages 9 months to 32 months), without parents being present in the room for gendered reinforcement.
Topic: Dimorphism
Source
Citation: Preferences for ‘Gender-typed’ Toys in Boys and Girls Aged 9 to 32 Months
Author(s): Todd, Barry, Thommessen
Institution(s): City University London, University College London
Link: https://www.pitt.edu/~bertsch/Todd_et_al-2016-Infant_and_Child_Development.pdf
File(s): http://www.mrarchivist.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/6/Todd_et_al-2016-Infant_and_Child_Development.pdf
Nation(s): United Kingdom
Year(s): 2016
Source: Primary
Type: Behavioral Experiment
Discussion
Other Notes:
“Finding sex difference in the youngest group (aged 9–17 months), when infants are able to crawl or walk and therefore make independent selections from a range of toys made available to them, is of particular interest; although sex differences in object preference have been found in visual preference studies with young infant participants (Alexander et al., 2009; Campbell et al., 2000),
bservational studies have not typically reported sex differences in toy preferences before 18 months of age when parents are not present.” (p. 9)
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