Gendered Toy Preference in Children

Preferences for toys were tested using a choice test paradigm between April and June 2017. The stimuli consisted in a collection of 16 toys (median size: 20.66, range 10–25.4 cm) in this study: masculine and feminine toys replicating Hassett et al. [10 (link)], as well as neutral toys (not having features of either masculine or feminine toys and ambiguous toys (having features of both masculine and feminine toys) (See Fig. 1). Masculine toys or wheeled toys (made of hard materials and have moving parts): Construction vehicle, Dump truck, Garbage truck, Police car, and. Feminine toys or plush toys (soft plush or fabric toys that resemble animals / have clear faces): Plush armadillo, Raggedy-Ann doll, Plush Scooby-Doo and Plush turtle. Neutral toys (not plush and not zoomorphic): Squeezable stacking blocks, Wooden cell phone, Hard ball, Wooden maze. Ambiguous toys (have features of both masculine toys and feminine toys, either hard material and zoomorphic vehicle or plush vehicle): Cement truck plush, Car plush, Wooden puppy on wheels, Plastic turtle dump truck.Fig. 1

List of toys used in the study

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Pittet F., Heng V., Atufa J, & Bliss-Moreau E. (2023). Monkeys do not show sex differences in toy preferences through their individual choices. Biology of Sex Differences, 14, 3.

Publication 2023

Animals Armadillo Cement Dump Faces Garbage Maze Turtle

Corresponding Organization : University of California, Davis

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independent variables

Type of toy (masculine, feminine, neutral, ambiguous)

dependent variables

Preferences for toys

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Size of toys (median size: 20.66 cm, range: 10-25.4 cm)

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