PSY210H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Toy Dolls, Eye Tracking, 18 Months
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Beliefs about how males and females differ in personality traits, interests and behaviors. Most adults associate different traits with men and women. American views on gender are relatively extreme. Scored almost 100% on women are emotional. Scored relatively high on women are gentle. Boys are more crazy : more active stuff . Girls have long hair, boys have short hair. Boys like to play with cars, girls like to play with dolls. Boys do not wear dresses; girls wear dresses. If boys wear dresses to school people will laugh at them. Children are policing each other to reinforce the gender stereotypes. Eye tracking - age 12, 18 and 23 months. Saw how long children looked at toys (vehicles, dolls) By age 18 months, children show preferences for stereotyped same-gender toys. Boys will spend more time looking at toy vehicles (toys and trucks)
