Research Catalog

Title

Mother-child conversations about gender : understanding the acquisition of essentialist beliefs / Susan A. Gelman, Marianne G. Taylor, Simone P. Nguyen ; with commentary by Campbell Leaper, Rebecca S. Bigler, Willis F. Overton, series editor.

Author

Gelman, Susan A.

Publication

Boston : Blackwell Publishing, 2004.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Bigler, Rebecca S.
• Leaper, Campbell.
• Nguyen, Simone P.
• Overton, Willis F.
• Taylor, Marianne G.

Description

vii, 145 pages : illustrations, charts; 23 cm.

Summary

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.

Series Statement

Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development ; serial no. 275, v. 69, no. 1

Uniform Title

Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development ; v. 69, no. 1.

Subjects

• Gender identity
• Mother-Child Relations
• Women
• Mother and child
• Socialization
• Women in development
• Sex role
• Gender Identity

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

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.

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries