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ERIC Number: EJ392550
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
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Genital Knowledge and Gender Constancy in Preschool Children.
Bem, Sandra Lipsitz
Child Development, v60 n3 p649-62 Jun 1989
Challenges the view that the cognitive-developmental level of preschool children prevents them from attaining gender constancy. Reviews shortcomings in procedures previously used to assess gender constancy. Reports on a study which uses a new measure of gender constancy and a new test of children's genital knowledge. (PCB)
Descriptors: Childhood Attitudes, Cognitive Development, Developmental Stages, Measurement Techniques, Research Methodology, Sex, Sex Differences, Sex Stereotypes, Sexual Identity, Young Children
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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