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Mother-child conversations about gender : understanding the acquisition of essentialist beliefs / Susan A. Gelman, Marianne G. Taylor, Simone P. Nguyen ; with commentary by Campbell Leaper, Rebecca S. Bigler.

Gelman, Susan A.
2004
LB1103 .S6 v.69 no.1 (Mapit)
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Title
Mother-child conversations about gender : understanding the acquisition of essentialist beliefs / Susan A. Gelman, Marianne G. Taylor, Simone P. Nguyen ; with commentary by Campbell Leaper, Rebecca S. Bigler.
Author
Gelman, Susan A.
Published
Boston : Blackwell Publishing, 2004.
Language
English
Description
vii, 145 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Call Number
LB1103 .S6 v.69 no.1
Summary
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 gender.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references.
Series
Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development ; v. 69, no. 1.
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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.

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