Who found 2 year olds were 76% correct in identifying there sex, whereas 3 year olds were 90% correct? Shows an increasing ability to label themselves, as predicted by Kohlberg.
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Who asked young children 'were you a little boy or girl when you were a baby?' & 'when you grow up will you be a mummy or daddy?'? Answers given by children showed they didn't recognise these traits were stable over time until they were 3/4 years old
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Who asked children 'if you played football would you be a boy or girl?' & 'could you be a boy/girl if you wanted to be?'? Children who scored high on stability & consistency showed greatest interest in same sex models (gender appropriate)
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Who found that gender constancy appeared at a younger age than Kohlberg suggested?
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Who found that boys tended to exhibit gender consistency before girls?
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Who points out that it's fairly easy to get girls to take on masculine-type activities but the same can't be said for boys who generally resist, for example, dressing as a girl?
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Gender difference can be explained by social learning theory. Boys role models tend to be more powerful (men have more power) & role models need to be powerful to identify with - thus girls are ---- likely to identify with their role models.
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Boys are more likely to be -------- for gender inappropriate behaviour than girls and therefore learn appropriate gender behaviour more rapidly.
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Who's criticised the way children's gender constancy is measured & claims all that's being assessed is a child's understanding of our social cues for indicating gender?
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Who analysed children's responses to the questions asked by Slaby & Frey & judged that children were adopting a 'pretend' mode & answering the questions based on this rather than what they really thought?
