کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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918203 | 919461 | 2013 | 8 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |

Two age groups of children, 5- and 6-year-olds (n = 30) and 8- and 9-year-olds (n = 26), made judgments about which of two items a character should choose: a gender-typical item or a gender-atypical item that was preferred by the character. Judgments were made about situations where the character was (a) in a familiar public setting and (b) in a country where the reversed preference was typical for that culture. At both ages and in both settings, a majority of responses endorsed the character’s atypical preference. However, at both ages, endorsements of the atypical preferences were significantly less frequent in the familiar public setting that in the norm-reversed setting, and justifications indicated that there would be social consequences for defying gender norms in the familiar setting.
► Children reasoned about a child with an atypical gender-related preference.
► A majority ages 5–9 years (n = 56) endorsed acting on the atypical preference.
► Preferences were endorsed less in a familiar setting than a norm-reversed setting.
► Justifications referred to personal choice in both settings.
► In the familiar setting, justifications also referred to social consequences.
Journal: Journal of Experimental Child Psychology - Volume 115, Issue 1, May 2013, Pages 210–217