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Slaby, Ronald G.; Frey, Karin S. – Child Development, 1975
Developmental levels of gender identity in preschool children were investigated. (JMB)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Identification (Psychology), Observational Learning, Preschool Education
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Flerx, Vicki C.; And Others – Child Development, 1976
A total of 122 children participated in 2 experiments that examined the utility of symbolic modeling stimuli in modifying sex role stereotypes. Brief presentations of illustrated stories involving egalitarian sex role models reduced stereotypic thinking. (SB)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Intervention, Media Selection, Observational Learning
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Bryan, Janice Westlund; Luria, Zella – Child Development, 1978
Describes 2 experiments in which children ages 5-6 and 9-10 years viewed slides of male and female models performing matched acts which were sex-appropriate, sex-inappropriate, or sex-neutral. Visual attention was assessed by the method of feedback electroencephalography. Recall and preference for the slides were also measured. (Author/JMB)
Descriptors: Attention, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Observational Learning
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Feldman, Robert S.; And Others – 1977
Subjects were 61 males and females who observed one of four combinations of male and female model performance on an anagram task: (1) male success-female success, (2) male success-female failure, (3) male failure-female success, and (4) male failure-female failure. Subjects' expectations of their own future success and amount of ability relating…
Descriptors: Expectation, Failure, Females, Identification (Psychology)
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Garrett, Candace S.; Cunningham, Donald J. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1974
Results indicate that reward and ignore conditions were not different but both yielded higher imitative scores than the punishment condition; same-sex models yielded higher imitation scores than opposite-sex models; lowest imitation scores were obtained by children exposed to a male experimenter and a female model. (Author/BJG)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Elementary Education, Identification (Psychology), Imitation
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Witt, Susan D. – Childhood Education, 2000
Examines young children's gender role development, focusing on the impact of television viewing. Maintains that role models and imitation are extremely influential factors shaping gender-typed behavior. Identifies gender bias in television programming, including music television and commercials, and discusses gender bias in children's television…
Descriptors: Child Development, Gender Issues, Observational Learning, Programming (Broadcast)
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Perry, David G.; Bussey, Kay – Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1979
Presents a modified social learning theory account of the contribution of imitation to sex role development. Subjects of the two experiments described were elementary school boys and girls. (MP)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Identification (Psychology), Imitation
Wright, Norton – Television & Children, 1982
Summarizes major findings of research report issued by Institute of Social Research (University of Michigan) on "Freestyle," a Public Broadcast System television program designed to counteract limiting effects of sexist stereotyping on career aspirations and life skills of boys and girls aged 9 to 12. Strategies in pro-social modeling…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Career Awareness, Childrens Television, Experiential Learning
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Serbin, Lisa A.; Connor, Jane M. – 1979
Sex typing among preschool children was investigated by means of a complete experimental design to test which factors maintain sex-typed behaviors, to test whether sex-typed behaviors are learned, and to reduce sex typing. The complete experimental design, it is maintained, allows investigators to focus on the consequences of sex typing rather…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Cognitive Processes, Discrimination Learning, Modeling (Psychology)
McCoy, David B. – 1990
This essay explores the ways in which certain aspects of personality are acquired through socialization. The intent was to gain a broader understanding as to how cultural norms, particularly sex roles, influence personality development. Socialization is discussed in terms of societal norms and standards transmitted by the institutions of the…
Descriptors: Children, Cultural Influences, Family Role, Individual Development
Dunlap, Lonnie Jean – 1979
A research study evaluated the effect of televised (vicarious) models on children's occupational perceptions relevant to career decision making. It was hypothesized that (1) viewing nontraditional occupational sex role models would decrease occupational sex-typing, (2) decrease in occupational sex-typing would be enhanced by social approval…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Development, Career Education, Childhood Attitudes