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ERIC Number: EJ414439
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1990
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ISSN: ISSN-0360-0025
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The Impact of Generic Word Choices: An Empirical Investigation of Age- and Sex-Related Differences.
Switzer, Jo Young
Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, v22 n1-2 p69-82 Jan 1990
Utilizes a sample of 225 first graders and 246 seventh graders to examine the imagery developed in response to neutral words. Finds that the children developed sex-specific masculine imagery in response to neutral messages, with boys doing so more frequently than girls, but the seventh graders used more inclusive imagery than the first graders. (FMW)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Children, Communication Research, Elementary School Students, Females, Grade 1, Grade 7, Imagery, Language Patterns, Males, Sex Bias, Sex Differences, Sexism in Language
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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