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Peer reviewedLiben, Lynn S.; Bigler, Rebecca S.; Krogh, Holleen R. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2001
Examined whether 6- and 11-year-olds' beliefs about job status and job interests are affected by gendered nature of jobs. Found that children gave higher status ratings to masculine jobs and expressed greater interest in jobs culturally associated with their own sex. Older children rated novel jobs portrayed with males as having higher status than…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Childhood Attitudes, Childhood Interests, Children
Peer reviewedBigler, Rebecca S.; Averhart, Cara J.; Liben, Lynn S. – Developmental Psychology, 2003
Examined whether African American first- through sixth-graders' perceptions of occupational status and their own vocational interests were affected by racial segregation of the workforce. Found that for familiar jobs, children's judgments related to their knowledge of racial segregation in these jobs. Novel occupations depicted with African…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Black Youth, Childhood Attitudes, Childhood Interests
