Kohlberg research
2 small studies and 1 big study.
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- Kohlberg's theory of gender constancy research
- SLABY AND FREY
- AIM: To see whether children with higher levels of gender constancy show more attention to same-sex models
- PROCEDURE
- 55 children ages between 2 to 5 years old.
- The children had their level of gender constancy assessed by a series of 14 questions and counter-questions
- Some questions tested gender labelling E.G "are you a boy or a girl?"
- Some questions tested gender stability E.G "When you grow up, will you be a mummy or daddy?"
- Some questions tested gender constancy E.G "If you wore [opposite sex's clothes] would you be a boy or a girl?"
- Children were classified as low on gender constancy if they answered wrongly on gender labeling or gender stability items. High otherwise.
- CONCLUSION: Children with higher levels of gender constancy show more selective attention to the same-sex models than those with low levels of gender constancy
- EVALUATION
- Results indicate the influence of both cognitive and social factors in gender development
- Results indicate that children at this stage watch their own gender in order to acquire info about gender-appropriate behaviour which backs up Kohlberg's notion that gender development is an active process.
- FINDINGS: High gender-constancy boys watched the male model more than the female model, but this was less so for the low-gender constancy boys.
- McConagly
- Found that if a doll was dressed in transparent clothing, so its genitals were visible, children of 3 to 5 years judged its gender by its clothes - as opposed to judging it by its genitals.
- Supports the idea that children of this age are using superficial physical indicators in order to determine gender.
- Found that if a doll was dressed in transparent clothing, so its genitals were visible, children of 3 to 5 years judged its gender by its clothes - as opposed to judging it by its genitals.
- Frey and Ruble
- Informed children that certain toys were either 'boy' or 'girl' toys. Boys who have achieved gender constancy chose 'boy' toys, even when they were uninteresting
- SLABY AND FREY
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