幼児・児童のジェンダー間勢力の知覚

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This study tested predictions about the developmental tendency of children's perception of power by gender. Eighty-seven children (6, 8, 10years) were shown cards with pictures of father and mother, man and woman. They were then asked which one of the two persons on the card spoke words of situatons given to them. Children's perceptions of power were evaluated by their answer. Results showed that children changed their perceptions from mother was more powerful than father to perceptions that mother and father were equally powerful. Their perceptions of power among parents and that of men and women had a relatively high correlation at age 10. They responded with father and mother, men and women similarly. Sex difference was observed for men and women. At age 6, boys perceived women as more powerful than men, but girls did not. Since those boys perceived mother to be more powerful than father, their perceptions seemed to infleunce their perception that women were more powerful than men. It was suggested that girls understood the stereotypical power relationship between father and mother, men and women, earlier than boys at age 6.
1998-09-30