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Peer reviewedBlakemore, Judith E. O. – Child Development, 1981
Examines sex differences in vocalizations and play behaviors displayed toward an infant by preschoolers, preadolescents, and adults. Preschoolers showed less interaction than older subjects. Males talked and played less with the baby than did females at all ages; however, among adult subjects, no sex-role effects were found. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Child Language, Children
Download full textHorgan, Dianne D.; Gullo, Dominic F. – 1977
This study attempted to determine whether documented stylistic differences in the way males and females modify their speech to young children results from sex typing or from differential experience with children. A 3 by 2 design was employed: sex-typing (highly masculine, highly feminine, or androgynous) by experience (high or low). Forty-one…
Descriptors: Adults, Fathers, Infants, Language Research
