Mother-child conversations about gender : understanding the acquisition of essentialist beliefs /

This looks at how mothers and young children talk about gender, to discover the potential role of language in fostering gender stereotypes. Mothers and their sons/ daughters, who were 2-1/2, 4-1/2, or 6-1/2 years of age, were videotaped discussing a picture book that focused on gen...

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Main Author: Gelman, Susan A.
Other Authors: .Taylor, Marianne G., Nguyen, Simone P., Leaper, Campbell, 1955-, Bigler, Rebecca S.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : Blackwell Pub., Blackwell Pub.، 2004.
Series:Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development ; serial no. 275, v. 69, no. 1.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Methods and preliminary results
  • How children and mothers express gender essentialism
  • Talk about categories versus individuals (generics vs. non- generics)
  • Beyond the individual : discourse patterns and correlational analyses
  • General discussion