Stereotypes In Toys

This study was done to discover if the role, type and color of a toy would cause a peak of interest within boys or girls. This article looked at two different studies dealing with toys but I am mainly focusing on the first study. The research question for this study consisted of whether the color or type of toy would affect whether boys of girls played with it. The researchers had multiple hypotheses, but the main hypotheses was that “Most children would be interested in gender-typed toys with gender-typed colors and least interested in cross-gender typed toys and gender-typed colors” (Weisgrama et. al., 2014). When it came to information discussed within the article the researchers stated that they were aware of the typical differences within males and females such as careers, behaviors, thoughts etc. They also stated that this specific study was important due to the fact toy play is a fundamental aspect of children’s …show more content…
All kids were either enrolled in a daycare or a preschool. The materials within this study were sixteen different toys to help create a stimulus. Some of the toys were considered “masculine”, some of the toys were kept their original color and other toys had their colors altered. Other toys were considered “feminine” where some remained their original color and others had their colors altered. The dependent variable within this study was the toys that the children would play with after the independent variable was introduced, changing the colors of the toys. This study was measured by asking how much the children liked the toy, the scale consisted of options such as not at all, a little bit and a lot (Weisgrama et. al., 2014). The critical element within this study was the answer the children gave in regards to how much they liked this toy. The children’s response is what made up the data for this whole study, making it a