CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD

GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Why might boys and girls show gender-stereotyped toy and activity preferences?
A
There are possible biological factors
B
Parents may encourage this through toy purchases and actions
C
These differences are role-modeled through television and other media
D
All of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: –Boys are given toys that would develop masculine qualities and girls are given toys that would develop feminine qualities in them. Complete answer: The notion that boys and girls are different not just in gender but by strength, physique, and mental strength, the people give different toys to boys and girls.

Detailed explanation-2: -One study found that toys marketed to girls were associated with stereotypically feminine traits: physical attractiveness, nurturance, and domestic skills. Toys marketed to boys were associated with stereotypically masculine traits like violence, competition, excitement, and danger.

Detailed explanation-3: -In studies that have tested the toy preferences of Western children, boys and girls weren’t equally attracted to gender-typical toys. Whereas most boys had strong preferences for gender-typical toys, girls did not.

Detailed explanation-4: -Evidence of early sex differences in gender-typed toy preferences can be observed in infants as young as 3 to 8 months using visual interests as an indicator of toy preference (Alexander et al. 2009).

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