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ERIC Number: EJ423469
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1990
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-3920
Children's Sex-Related Stereotyping of Colors.
Picariello, Martha L.; And Others
Child Development, v61 n5 p1453-60 Oct 1990
Four studies addressed the possibilities that young children use color when attempting to identify another's sex and that children's impressions of people whose sex is known are influenced by clothing color. Findings demonstrated that young children share prevailing societal stereotypes linking colors and sex and that color of clothing influences impressions of others. (RH)
Descriptors: Childhood Attitudes, Color, Early Childhood Education, Elementary School Students, Identification, Kindergarten Children, Preschool Children, Sex Differences, Sex Stereotypes, Stereotypes
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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