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ERIC Number: EJ185317
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1978
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The Development of Cognitive Gender Constancy and Sex Role Preferences
Marcus, Dale E.; Overton, Willis F.
Child Development, 49, 2, 434-44, Jun 78
Examined the development of stable concepts of "boy" and "girl" in kindergarteners and first and second graders. Gender constance was explored in relation to: performance on conservation tasks; application of gender label to self or other; application of gender label to live person or pictorial representations; and sex role preferences. (Author/JMB)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Conservation (Concept), Developmental Stages, Elementary School Students, Pictorial Stimuli, Research, Sex Role
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Identifiers: Gender Identity