Recognition and Sex Categorization of Adults' and Children's Faces: Examining Performance in the Absence of Sex-Stereotyped Cues.

Wild, Heather A.; Barett, Susan E.; Spence, Melanie J.; O'Toole, Alice J.; Cheng, Yi D.; Brooke, Jessica

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ERIC Number: EJ618676

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Publication Date: 2000

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Recognition and Sex Categorization of Adults' and Children's Faces: Examining Performance in the Absence of Sex-Stereotyped Cues.

Wild, Heather A.; Barett, Susan E.; Spence, Melanie J.; O'Toole, Alice J.; Cheng, Yi D.; Brooke, Jessica

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, v77 n4 p269-91 Dec 2000

Investigated 7-year-olds', 9-year-olds', and adults' ability to classify children's and adults' faces by sex using only biological based internal facial structure. Found that participants categorized adult faces by sex at accuracy levels varying from just above chance (7-year-olds) to nearly perfect (adults). All groups were less accurate for children's than for adults' faces, with 7-year-olds performing at chance level. (Author/KB)

Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Children, Classification, Cues, Gender Issues, Perceptual Development, Performance Factors, Sex Differences, Social Cognition, Visual Perception

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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