Gender and Group Process: A Developmental Perspective

Current Directions in Psychological Science - Tập 11 Số 2 - Trang 54-58 - 2002
Eleanor E. Maccoby1
1Department of Psychology, Stanford University, Stanford, California

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Until recently, the study of gender development has focused mainly on sex typing as an attribute of the individual. Although this perspective continues to be enlightening, recent work has focused increasingly on children's tendency to congregate in same-sex groups. This self-segregation of the two sexes implies that much of childhood gender enactment occurs in the context of same-sex dyads or larger groups. There are emergent properties of such groups, so that certain sex-distinctive qualities occur at the level of the group rather than at the level of the individual. There is increasing research interest in the distinctive nature of the group structures, activities, and interactions that typify all-male as compared with all-female groups, and in the socialization that occurs within these groups. Next steps in research will surely call for the integration of the individual and group perspectives.

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Current Directions in Psychological Science

Tập 11 Số 2

54-58

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