Children's sex-related stereotyping of colors.

Abstract

Abstract

4 studies addressed children's sex-related stereotyping of colors. Study 1 examined preschoolers' awareness of color stereotypes. Children were presented with 6 toy animals, identical except for color, and were asked to identify the sex of each animal and to select a favorite. Both sex identifications and toy preferences were highly consistent with adult color stereotypes. Study 2 demonstrated that clothing color influences preschool, kindergarten, and first-grade children's impressions of other children whose sex is known. Studies 3 and 4 indicated that the effects of stereotyping based on color are modest in comparison to the effects of stereotyping based directly on sex. In addition, color stereotyping did not show the regular age-related increase that is characteristic of sex-role stereotyping.

Department

Psychology

Publication Date

10-1990

Journal Title

Child Development

Publisher

Wiley

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

10.1111/j.1467-8624.1990.tb02874.x

Document Type

Article

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