Characteristics of Boys' and Girls' Toys

By J. E. Blakemore, R. Centers. 2005

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Education, Gender Studies

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Citations in the corpus

• Pink gives girls permission: Exploring the roles of explicit gender labels and gender-typed colors on preschool children's toy preferences (2014, background): “We included four types of masculine toys: a fighter jet, a motorcycle, a construction vehicle, and amonster truck—all representative of the category “StronglyMasculine Toys” in Blakemore and Centers's (2005) ratings of popular and familiar children's toys.”
• Gender Differences in Spatial Ability: Implications for STEM Education and Approaches to Reducing the Gender Gap for Parents and Educators (2017, background): “While there is considerable gender segregation in the types of toys marketed to boys and girls (Blakemore & Centers, 2005), it is difficult to separate how much these choices are culturally directed and how much of the preference is biologically based.”