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Gender attitudes in early childhood: Behavioral consequences and cognitive antecedents
Significance
- Young children show positive same-gender, negative other-gender attitudes.
- University of Amsterdam study reveals children’s gender biases early on.
- Five-year-olds display stronger positive views towards their own gender.
- Psychologists uncover early gender preferences in young children.
- Children’s gender attitudes are notably biased by age five.
References
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Contact: May Ling Halim. Assistant Professor of Psychology, California State University
Source: Society for Research in Child Development