Infants Prefer Toys Typed to Their Gender
Link : http://neurosciencenews.com/gender-toys-neurodevelopment-4721/ Article Summary : This study was seeking to determine the age in which sex differences in preference for toys would appear and under what conditions would they appear. Although the specific age was not found, researchers found that children as young as 9 months-old show a preference for toys the same as their gender. Young girls and boys ranging from 9 months to 32 months engaged in independent play in a nursery, with no parents present, and were observed by the researchers on which toys (boy toys or girl toys) they preferred to play with. Researchers also found that as age increases, the boys and girls showed a trend for a preference of toys stereotyped for boys. Lastly, toy preference was said to be influenced by biological predispositions, cognitive development, and environmental influences. Connection to psychology : I chose this article because I just took Infant and Child Development last year and this topi