APPLICATIONS

In all three cases, record data and then draw conclusions.

  1. Children’s television programming is rife with stereotypes. Watch an hour of children’s TV and describe the content of both the programs and the commercials.

  2. Gender indicators often go unnoticed. Go to a public place and quantify gender differences, such as articles of clothing, mannerisms, interaction patterns, and activities.

  3. Ask three parents about punishment, both how they were punished and how they punish, at what age, and for what.

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