A recent study of sexism in childrens books indicates that
a. most childrens books are not sex stereotyped, because there has been increasing sensitivity to sexism over the last several decades.
b. almost all childrens books contain sex stereotyping.
c. males appear far more often in childrens books than females, and females tend to be portrayed as passive and dependent.
d. because most childrens books are written by male authors, there is a tendency for males to play a more dominant role in books for young children.
Question 2Gender stability develops at about the same time as the concept of
a. trust.
b. conservation.
c. autonomy.
d. seriation.
Question 3Gender identity often begins ____, when children accurately identify and label themselves and others as girls or boys.
a. when children start to talk, by the beginning of the second year of life
b. before their second birthdays
c. by age four
d. by age five to seven
Question 4Young childrens inclination to play with peers of the same sex
a. is mostly an American phenomenon.
b. becomes even more noticeable as children reach the end of the preschool years.
c. is unhealthy and should be discouraged.
d. can be permanently reversed through systematic reinforcement.
Question 5Heterogeneous or mixed-age grouping has been shown to encourage
a. cooperation and sharing.
b. leadership skill and helpfulness in older children.
c. more complex forms of play in younger children.
d. All of these answers.
Question 6The teachers role in relation to childrens socialization is to
a. stand back and not interfere so that children learn through experience.
b. be intimately involved in all aspects of childrens play so that they will learn how to interact through the teachers modeling.
c. provide time, space, and materials to encourage socialization, and to facilitate play as needed without interfering.
d. interact and talk frequently with other adults to model appropriate interaction skills.
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