Participants were randomly assigned into either the group that was not told the toy they were playing with is “for girls” or the other group which was told the toy they were playing with was “for girls”. The participants were randomly assigned into a specific group as they walked into the room. The first random group tested was the group that was not informed that the toy was for girls, for purposes of this research the toy that was played with was a play kitchen that was gender neutral colors. Each participant played with the fake kitchen individually and then timed to see how long the participant played with the toy and then the time was recorded. The timer began once the child took an interest in the toy and then stopped once the child
