Young Children Think Gender-related Behavior Is Inborn
Wednesday, April 29, 2009 - 09:28
in Psychology & Sociology
A new study surveying more than 450 Americans ages 5-20 confirms that young children think about gender in the same way they think about species. The study also finds that it is not until the age of 10 that children treat gender and species concepts differently. These findings have important implications for how children think about activities that are culturally associated with the other gender (e.g., how girls think about math and science).
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