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Sierra Eisen; Shoronda Erica Matthews; Jamie Jirout – Grantee Submission, 2021
Contemporary discussions around gender roles, stereotypes, and play highlight the need for updated research on the influences of children's early play experiences and learning (Weisgram, 2018). Different types of play relate to different skills and vary by gender, such as spatial play and spatial skill (Jirout & Newcombe, 2015; Voyer, Voyer,…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Childrens Attitudes, Gender Differences, Play
Hui Li; Sierra Eisen; Angeline S. Lillard – Grantee Submission, 2019
Children's media is replete with human-like portrayals of animals and objects that wear clothing, speak, drive cars, and experience human emotions. Recent research has shown that anthropomorphic portrayals of animals in books lead children to think anthropomorphically about real animals. Here we asked whether this is also the case for an inanimate…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Mass Media, Animals, Childrens Literature