If I Knew
An experiment to determine if childhood socialization remains through high schoolCandidate's Number: 0648 009 Psychology HLDate of Submission: 22 December 2000 The researcher conducted an experiment to determine if teenagers still applied the gender roles they were taught as children to different professional jobs today. This experiment was conducted on a random sample of male and female high school students, ages 15 through 18, at a small rural high school in the western portion of the United States. This experiment was conducted during the lunch hour of the participants. Results from this experiment were directly in line with data found during research. Nearly all of the participating students drew the teacher and the nurse as females, while the lawyer and the policeperson were drawn as males. The researcher used long hair and/or a dress to signi
It is also suggested that the researcher continue to use a cross-sectional sample of high school and/or college age students. However, it is not only young males that have ideas about the "right" way for them to act. ConclusionThis experiment concluded that the research hypothesis, "teenagers will still be under the impact of their socialization, and will be able to categorize professions by gender", still holds true. " (Block, 1983; Muller, 1998) Young boys are taught that they should be more logical and mathematically oriented, while young girls are shown that they should possess strong organizational skills and to have a very nurturing way about them. Participants were asked randomly if they would be willing to participate in an experiment. These appropriate behaviors are taught to young children, guaranteeing that as adults they will know exactly what their place in society is. Once twelve participants were gathered, the researcher read a set of instructions to the participants, detailing exactly what would be expected of them (appendix i). (See appendix ii for a sample drawing. Messages about what is appropriate based on gender are so strong, that even when children are exposed to different attitudes and experiences, they will revert to stereotyped choices" (Haslett, Geis, & Carter, 1992). Teacher After carefully looking at each drawing, the researcher came to the conclusion that eight of the twelve participants drew the teacher as a female. Due to the fact that children are being brought up knowing the differences in male and female abilities or characteristics they carry this into their adult lives, thus creating jobs that are "appropriate" for each genderEdelbrock and Sugawara (1978) say that there is "appropriate masculine and feminine behavior" (Biller, 1968; Brown, 1956b). "Sex role stereotypes are well established in early childhood. The researcher hypothesizes there will be a positive correlation between the socialization from childhood still present and the gender a person draws different professionals. The experiment was done during the noon lunch hour in a high school library.
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