Peer Preferences in Toddlerhood [microform] : Influences of Friendship and Activity Context / Carollee Howes
- Bib ID:
- 5466563
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Howes, Carollee
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- https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED269172
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1985
- 39 p.
- Summary:
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Are children's same-sex affiliations due to genetically sex-linked behavioral tendencies or are they a result of power and privilege differentials in the larger society that discourage girls from engaging in cross-sex interaction? Sex cleavages in naturally occurring toddler peer groups were investigated by examining playmate preferences and differential initiations and responses within activity contexts and to friends. Three types of initiations and their responses were examined during the free play of 46 toddler-age children in the three Los Angeles day care centers. The three nonspecific friendly initiations, and agonistic initiations. The findings replicate the results of earlier studies suggesting that toddler-age children prefer same-sex playmates. Boys were more likely to ignore or refuse girls' initiations when the initiations took the form of specific requests to play a game rather than a more general approach. These findings support the hypothesis that sex cleavages within very young peer groups are based on differential socialization experiences of boys and girls rather than on sex-linked behavior tendencies. (Author/DR)
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- Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive.
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