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Peer reviewedJohnston, Kristen E.; Bittinger, Kathleen; Smith, Amy; Madole, Kelly L. – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 2001
Three studies examined the emergence of attention to gender categories in toddlers. Results suggested that 18-month-olds showed little attention to gender on a sequential touching task. The possibility that they could not discriminate the dolls used in the task by gender was ruled out. There was a sharp increase in attention to gender between 18…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attention, Classification, Concept Formation
