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ERIC Number: EJ364029
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1987
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Development of Gender Role Knowledge and Gender Constancy.
Stangor, Charles; Ruble, Diane N.
New Directions for Child Development, n38 p5-22 Win 1987
Examines research which suggests that children's developing knowledge about traditional gender roles has a substantial influence on how children process information pertaining to gender. Evidence also shows that as children attain gender constancy, their behaviors become especially responsive to gender-related information. (Author/RWB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Behavior Patterns, Children, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Structures, Developmental Psychology, Memory, Self Concept, Sex Differences, Sex Role, Sexual Identity, Social Structure
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses
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Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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Identifiers: Schema Theory
Note: Thematic Issue: Children's Gender Schemata