ERIC Number: ED279433
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1986-Mar
Pages: 22
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The Story Preferences of Preschool Children.
Summers, Marcia
Preschool children's story preferences were studied to determine if differences existed in preschoolers' preferences for reality, fantasy, people, and animals. Sex of character versus sex of subject was also investigated. Subjects were 84 children from preschools in Lincoln, Nebraska (39 boys and 45 girls). Through use of a nonverbal testing instrument, preschoolers were asked to select one picture from a set of four that represented a story they would enjoy hearing. Results showed a significant preference for animals over people, but no preferences in terms of reality and fantasy. No significant differences for age or sex were found, with the exception that preschool boys preferred fantasy pictures of fathers and reality pictures of mothers. (Author)
Descriptors: Animals, Childhood Attitudes, Fantasy, Fathers, Mothers, Parent Role, Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Realism, Sex Differences
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Speeches/Meeting Papers
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Language: English
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