The video segment, *Gender Development: Social Influences *has a section about the "Baby X Study."
It's part of The Brain series. You can view it here: http://www.learner.org/vod/vod_window.html?pid=1571 It's kind of old (1997), and the statements are very specific and seem outdated...we'd hardly say now, "So we DO treat boys and girls differently." Still, though it's not exactly what you were looking for, Marte, it can at least show your students the classic study. Beth Benoit Granite State College Plymouth State University New Hampshire On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 12:54 PM, Marte Fallshore <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I used to have a video of 2 children (around 8 months old), one dressed as > a girl and one as a boy. Of course, the one dressed as a boy was a girl and > vice versa. Students were asked to describe the two children based on the > video (before knowing the true sex of each) and, of course, described them > based on assigned sex which was based on clothing. Does anyone have a copy > of the video I may have or access to something similar? Is this generally > available. It's a really great demo for development, stereotype, social, > etc. etc. > > Thanks, > > Marte > > > ************************************************ > Marte Fallshore > Department of Psychology > Central Washington Univ. > 400 E University Way > Ellensburg, WA 98926-7575 > > 509/963-3670 > 509/963-2307 (fax) > Room 462, Psychology Building > > Everyone is entitled to their own opinions, but they are not entitled to > their own facts. ~Daniel Patrick Moynihan > > When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. > When I ask why the poor have no food, they call me a communist. > ~Dom Heider Camara > > I teach for free; they pay me to grade. (anon) > ************************************************ > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13105.b9b37cdd198e940b73969ea6ba7aaf72&n=T&l=tips&o=11275 > > (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) > > or send a blank email to > leave-11275-13105.b9b37cdd198e940b73969ea6ba7aa...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=11278 or send a blank email to leave-11278-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
