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Peer reviewedPicariello, Martha L.; And Others – Child Development, 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…
Descriptors: Childhood Attitudes, Color, Early Childhood Education, Elementary School Students
