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Differential Recall of Sex-Typed Material. A number of various studies
have been done relating to recall and preference of gender ...
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A number of various studies have been done relating to recall and preference of gender-typed materials in young children. Many of the studies done have found that subjects significantly recalled more of the same-sex objects then of the opposite-sex objects. In 1974 Nadelman (1974) that subjects were much more likely to recall same-sex items then opposite-sex items. She also found that boys were much more likely to follow this pattern then girls were. Soon thereafter Jennings (1975) did a study on gender-type recall and preference, only this time using stories as her independent variable. She had the subjects listen to the stories with either a same-sex or opposite-sex individual, the character in the story would either be acting in accurate or inaccurate behavior for the sex. She found that although the subjects preferred the stories where the characters were exhibiting accurate behavior, the subjects were more likely to recall the stories where the sex role was not accurate.
In 1986 Bradbard, Martin, Endsley and Halverson had groups of children (aged 4-9) explore objects in boxes that were sex labeled. One week later they tested the subjects as to information about the objects. Results showed that subjects were able to recall own-sex objects in much more detail then other-sex objects. Liben and Signorella (1993) continued Jennings research on gender-role recall by showing kindergarten through 3rd graders pictures of men and women in typical, atypical or neutral roles. Recall data revealed gender biases, showing that even at this age gender biases are being developed.
In 1993 Bauer assessed the recall of children aged 24-26 months, in situations depicting female-stereotyped, male-stereotyped and neutral activities. Girls showed no significant differences in how well they recalled the 3 sequences. Where as the boy showed much better recall of male stereotyped sequences over that of female stereotyped sequences. Gary D. Levy did a series of studies...
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