Play, Creativity, and Gender Schema Flexibility
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Cherney, Isabelle D.
Bucy, Justine L.
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2012-03-28
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Research has shown that children as young as age 4 have established gender stereotypes (Bigler & Liben, 2007), and flexible gender schema are positively correlated with creativity (Martin & Ruble, 2004). The current study examined the relationships among creativity, play behaviors, and gender schema flexibility in four-year-olds from Nebraska and Hawaii. The participants sorted pictures of toys to establish a baseline gender schema. They were then exposed to gender stereotyped or counter-stereotyped vignettes and asked to construct an element of the story with blocks. Finally the gender sorting task was repeated to reevaluate their gender schema. The results showed that the most creative children chose more counter-stereotyped toys as their favorites and spent more time engaged in unscripted play.ith blocks. Finally the gender sorting task was repeated to reevaluate their gender schema. The results showed that the most creative children chose more counter-stereotyped toys as their favorites and spent more time engaged in unscripted play.
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Creighton University