Although 12-month-old boys and girls look equally at gender-stereotyped toys, ____ do not

However, when it comes to gender-stereotyped activities rather than objects, it may take a little longer for children to _____

By ____ children's knowledge of gender-stereotyped activities is extensive

Preschoolers believe that boys are more often aggressive ___ but girls tend to be aggressive ____

During the elementary-school years, children expand their knowledge of gender-stereotyped traits and behaviours, and they begin to include ____ (Heyman & Legare, 2004). By about _____, their ideas of gender stereotypes are virtually as well formed as those of adults.

children also learn that the traits and occupations associated with males tend to ____ than those associated with females

older children are more willing than younger children to ____ when judging other children.

older children consider gender stereotypes ____ than many social conventions and moral rules

Further investigation of such concepts has shown that whilst physical properties of being male or female generally are judged as stable by all age groups, across childhood and adolescence there is a steady increase in ____ regarding behavioural properties of others
A) Parents - Demonstrate - First - More quickly - Acquire - Unassertive - Assertive - Both - Adolescence - Persist - Defend - Misogynistic beliefs
B) Babies - Express - Next - Similarly - Grasp - Passive - Active - Either - Adulthood - Diverge - Defend - Accurate beliefs
C) Toddlers - Recognize - Lastly - Differently - Learn - Uncooperative - Cooperative - Some - Puberty - Prevail - Criticize - Inaccurate assumptions
D) Infants - Understand - Then - Similarly - Master - Unresponsive - Responsive - Either - Adolescence - Evolve - Critique - False impressions

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