A comparison of status hierarchies in young children : An ethological approach

Omark, Donald R.; Edelman, Murray S.

doi:10.1177/053901847501400505

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“…For example, Savin-Williams (1979 found that males formed more reliable and pronounced dominance status hierarchies (see also Omark & Edelman, 1975). In contrast, Coleman' s study (1961) indicated that girls expressed more consensus than boys regarding the identity of the highest-status same-sex group at their school, suggesting that status hierarchies were perhaps more salient among girls than among boys.…”

Section: Two-cultures Theory and Boys' And Girls' Peer Network Structmentioning

confidence: 97%

“…One important research tradition is the quantitative coding and analysis of children' s interactions in natural settings or naturally occurring situations. Research in this tradition includes observations of young children in preschool settings (Fabes et al, 2003), field experiments in which researchers observe intragroup behavior among children who are randomly assigned to cabins with same-sex peers (Parker & Seal, 1996;Omark & Edelman, 1975;Savin-Williams, 1979, and observations of adolescents in school and community settings (Coleman, 1961;Dunphy, 1963). Evidence from these studies generally supports the conclusion that boys form more tightly knit and distinctive group structures.…”

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Features of groups and status hierarchies in girls' and boys' early adolescent peer networks

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Davidson

Rulison

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New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development

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Section: Two-cultures Theory and Boys' And Girls' Peer Network Structmentioning

confidence: 97%

Section: Two-cultures Theory and Boys' And Girls' Peer Network Structmentioning

confidence: 99%

Features of groups and status hierarchies in girls' and boys' early adolescent peer networks

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Davidson

Rulison

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New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development

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“…From a young age, boys are interested in 'turf and dominance' (Maccoby, 1990). Cross-cultural studies show that boys engage in more aggression, dominance-seeking, and rough-and-tumble play (Omark and Edelman, 1975;Weisfeld, 1994). The play of boys is quite different from the play of girls, with the former being much more competitive, physical, and rule oriented and the latter tending to be more cooperative and without winners and losers (Lever, 1976(Lever, , 1978.…”

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An evolutionary account of women's workplace status

Browne

1998

Manage. Decis. Econ.

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Although many believe that women's low representation among top executives and lower average income is primarily a result of socialization and discrimination, findings of psychology, biology, and anthropology suggest that evolutionarily derived temperamental sex differences exist that may explain much of these disparities. Stereotypes of men as more competitive and more inclined to take risks than women, and stereotypes of women as more attached to their children and more risk averse than men are true as generalizations. Traits for which average sex differences exist, such as aggressiveness, desire for status, and risk preference, are highly correlated with workplace outcomes. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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“…This result was also found by Charlesworth and Lafreniere (1983) in a naturalistic study in one preschool class with children of the same age. Omark and Edelman (1975) similarly demonstrated that preschool boys were rated as more dominant than preschool girls by children of both sexes.…”

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Girls’ Expression of Their Own Perspectives in the Presence of Varying Numbers of Boys

Benenson

Bianco

Philippoussis

et al. 1997

International Journal of Behavioral Development

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directors of the nursery schools; and all the girls and boys and teachers who allowed us into their classrooms so that we might carry out this project. Finally, special thanks to Beth Landau and Julie Parsons, who served as research assistants at the schools and to Shari Aikins who helped with coding of the videotapes. q 1997 The International Society for the Study of Behavioural DevelopmentThis study was designed to examine the hypothesis that girls' expression of their own perspectives would decrease as the ratio of girls to boys decreased. In each of 12 classes, two target girls were observed in three contexts: with four other girls (all-girls group), with two other girls and two boys (girls-in-majority group), and with four boys (girls-in-min ority group). The number and duration of episodes in which the target girls clearly took a differing perspective from another child were analysed across the three contexts. Results showed a signi cant decrease in duration of episodes of rmly taking a different perspective from the all-girls to the girls-in-major ity contexts. However, there was no difference in duration of episodes of rmly taking a different perspective between the all-girls and the girls-in-mino rity contexts. In contrast to previous literature, ndings strongly suggest that girls' expression of their own perspectives is in uenced by several mechanisms and not simply the ratio of girls to boys.

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A comparison of status hierarchies in young children : An ethological approach

Cited by 28 publications

References 4 publications

Features of groups and status hierarchies in girls' and boys' early adolescent peer networks

Features of groups and status hierarchies in girls' and boys' early adolescent peer networks

An evolutionary account of women's workplace status

Girls’ Expression of Their Own Perspectives in the Presence of Varying Numbers of Boys

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