Sex Role Perception, Portrayal, and Preference in the Fantasy Play of Young Children.

Autor/in	Matthews, Wendy Schempp
Titel	Sex Role Perception, Portrayal, and Preference in the Fantasy Play of Young Children.
Quelle	(1977), (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Tabellen
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Tagungsbericht; Classroom Observation Techniques; Cognitive Development; Early Childhood Education; Egocentrism; Fantasy; Middle Class; Parent Role; Perception; Preschool Children; Pretend Play; Role Playing; Sex Differences; Sex Role + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kognitive Entwicklung; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Egozentrismus; Fantasie; Mittelschicht; Parental role; Elternrolle; Wahrnehmung; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Simulationsspiel; Rollenspiel; Sex difference; Geschlechtsunterschied; Geschlechterrolle
Abstract	Naturalistic observation of the spontaneous role-taking behavior of 16 four-year-old children (8 boys, 8 girls) in a free play situation with a same-sex peer was used to investigate the sex role perceptions and preferences of young children. Videotape recordings of the unelicited male, female, parental, and conjugal role portrayals were examined in terms of the children's perception of those roles along the competence and nurturance dimensions, as well as in terms of the tasks and general attitudes associated with the roles. It was found that in the parental role the female is viewed as highly competent; but in the conjugal role, (within which the role relation shifts from the child to the husband) her competence diminishes dramatically. The male, in contrast, appears the more competent in the conjugal role and the less competent in the parental role. The accuracy, depth, and breadth of the children's sex role portrayals is discussed, as well as the preference for same-sex role play. Also included is a discussion of the assimilative and accommodative functions of role play in the early acquisition of sex role and the degree of decentration required for the role play activities to occur. (Author/MS)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01