%0 Journal Article
%T Young ChildrenĄ¯s Use of Gender for Inductive Generalizations about Biological and Behavioral Characteristics: The Influence of Gender Categories and Gender Stereotypes | Pillow | Journal of Educational and Developmental Psychology | CCSE
%A Bradford H. Pillow
%A Cara Allen
%A Natalie Low
%A Taneisha Vilma
%J Home | Journal of Educational and Developmental Psychology | CCSE
%D 2019
%R 10.5539/jedp.v9n2p37
%X Using a triad inductive reasoning task, we examined the influence of gender category information, gender stereotypes, and gender salience on young childrenĄ¯s (N = 72; 36 to 69 months of age) generalizations concerning novel biological and behavioral characteristics. Prior to the inductive generalization task, children heard vignettes in which a teacher either engaged in gender stereotyping (Stereotype condition), grouped children according to gender (Salience condition), or grouped children in a gender-neutral manner (Neutral condition). Children generalized on the basis of gender more often in the Stereotype condition than in the Neutral condition, but older children made gender-based inductions at above chance levels in the Neutral condition and for behavioral traits in the Salience condition. Stereotyping influenced gender-based reasoning, but did not appear to be necessary among older preschool children
%U http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/jedp/article/view/0/40057