Gelman, Susan A, <br/><br/>
Mother-child conversations about gender :  understanding the acquisition of essentialist beliefs /  [print] 
Susan A. Gelman, Marianne G. Taylor, Simone P. Nguyen ; with commentary by Campbell Leaper, Rebecca S. Bigler. 
 - Boston :  Blackwell Publishing,  (c)2004. 
 - vii, 145 pages :  illustrations, charts ;  23 cm. 
 - Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development ;  v. 69, no. 1 .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references. 
<br/><br/>Introduction --  Methods and preliminary results --  How children and mothers express gender essentialism --  talk about categories versus individuals (generics vs. non-generics) --  Beyond the individual : discourse patterns and correlational analyses --  General discussion. 
<br/><br/> This looks at how mothers and young children talk about gender, to discover the potential role of language in fostering gender stereotypes. Mothers and their sons/daughters, who were 2-1/2, 4-1/2, or 6-1/2 years of age, were videotaped discussing a picture book that focused on gender. 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Mother and child.<br/>Gender identity.<br/>Sex role.<br/>Women in development.<br/>Socialization.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HQ1075.G319.M684 2004 HQ1075