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Do boys and girls like different toys? What social, cognitive, and biological factors influence the design and marketing of gender-typed toys, and children's interest in such toys? What are the long term implications of gendered toy play, for children's development and later adult roles?
In this book, scholars in developmental psychology, education, and neuroscience examine the fascinating intersection of gender and child play. Contributors consider the innumerable ways in which toys today are gender typed, alongside the expression of gender preferences in early childhood, and they review research showing that children who play with different kinds of toys reap different cognitive, emotional, and social benefits. Through playing with toys, children learn various skills, including lessons about how they should or should not behave. Gender-typed play, therefore, both reflects and solidifies gender stereotypes and constrains children's later social roles. With theoretically and empirically based play interventions, as well as descriptions of ongoing campaigns aimed at raising public awareness, this volume offers concrete steps researchers, clinicians, parents, and activists can take to help children grow up to realize their full potential, independent of preconceived gender roles and stereotypes.
Contents
Contents
Contributors
Introduction
Erica S. Weisgram and Lisa M. Dinella
Part I: Toy Preferences and Gender
Chapter 1: Gender Typing of Toys in Historical and Contemporary Contexts
Erica S. Weisgram
Chapter 2: Research Methods in Studying Gender and Toy Preferences
Lisa M. Dinella
Chapter 3: Gender-Typed Toy Preferences Among Infants and Toddlers
Kristina M. Zosuls and Diane N. Ruble
Chapter 4: Characteristics of Masculine and Feminine Toys and Gender-Differentiated Play
Isabelle D. Cherney
Part II: Causes of Children's Gender-Typed Toy Play
Chapter 5: Sex Hormones and Children's Gender-Typed Toy Play
Melissa Hines and Jacqueline Davis
Chapter 6: Environmental and Social Contributions to Children's Gender-Typed Toy Play: The Role of Family, Peers, and Media
Christia Spears Brown and Ellen A. Stone
Chapter 7: Cognitive Perspectives on Children's Toy Choices
Carol Lynn Martin and Rachel E. Cook
Part III: Consequences of Gender-Typed Toy Play
Chapter 8: Impact of Gender-Typed Toys on Children's Neurological Development
Lise Eliot
Chapter 9: Fashion or Action? Gender-Stereotyped Toys and Social Behavior
Sarah K. Murnen
Chapter 10: Cognitive Consequences of Gendered Toy Play
Lynn S. Liben, Kingsley M. Schroeder, Giulia A. Borriello, and Erica S. Weisgram
Chapter 11: Working at Play: Gender-Typed Play and Children's Visions of Future Work and Family Roles
Megan Fulcher and Emily F. Coyle
Chapter 12: Societal Causes and Consequences of Gender Typing of Children's Toys
Campbell Leaper and Rebecca S. Bigler
Chapter 13: Conclusion: Toward a Greater Understanding of Children's Gender-Typed Toy Play
Erica S. Weisgram and Lisa M. Dinella
Index
About the Editors
