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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

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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

Language

eng

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Includes bibliographical references

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no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Mother-child conversations about gender

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bibliography

Oclc number

56338906

Responsibility statement

Susan A. Gelman, Marianne G. Taylor, Simone P. Nguyen ; with commentary by Campbell Leaper, Rebecca S. Bigler

Series statement

Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, serial no. 275, v. 69, no. 1

Sub title

understanding the acquisition of essentialist beliefs

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

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

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