Human Growth and Development / Unit 4 HGD 0457 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Toy Preferences
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The idea
At twelve to twenty-four months, girls tend to look longer at dolls and boys at trucks, and gendered toy preferences increase with age.
In practice
Toddlers choosing toys by parents' attitudes, past exposure and whether the toy moves.
Where people slip
Why the differences arise is debated: the course's source reads them as socialization, while the meta-analysis it cites reports sizable early differences.
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