Running Head: Stereotyping Developed During Pre-Adolescence Stereotyping Developed During Adolescence is Based on Social Interactions Among Specific Age Groups and Their Perceived Affiliation Abstract Young children's attitudes toward cross-gender typed toys were measured in this experiment. Due to the fact that, children are receptive to societal pressures at a young age, two experiments were conducted to test whether or not gender specific toys influenced both boys and girls.. In the first experiment conducted, children received …showed first 75 words of 1706 total…

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