Children's Experiences and Judgments About Group Exclusion and Inclusion

Jimmy’s Baby Doll and Jenny’s Truck: Young Children’s Reasoning About Gender Norms

“…The research we have reported supports previous findings that young children consider multiple factors when reasoning about gender (Killen, Sinno, & Margie, 2007) and rules (Helwig & Jasiobedzka, 2001). When particular facets of gender are highlighted, including the alterability of conventions and personal preferences, children are flexible even at a young age, and indeed, they can be critical of rules that codify gender norms.…”

Tolerance of Practices by Muslim Actors: An Integrative Social‐Developmental Perspective

“…The main purpose of this research was to examine tolerance of practices by Muslim actors among Dutch adolescents by applying social-cognitive domain theory to an intergroup context as has been done in prior research Killen et al, 2007). The novel approach taken in this study is to examine social reasoning together with group identity and the endorsement of multiculturalism in the Dutch-Muslim context, and to focus on aspects of tolerance regarding societally controversial Muslim practices.…”

“…For example, Killen, Sinno, and Margie (2007) showed that boys compared to girls more often found ethnic and racial exclusion acceptable. Verkuyten and Slooter (2007) also reported gender differences, with male adolescent being less tolerant than females.…”

Children's Evaluations of Gender-Stereotypic Household Activities in the Family Context

“…These domains are the following: (a) moral, which refers to prescriptive norms of how individuals ought to treat one another with respect to justice, others' welfare, and rights; (b) social-conventional, which refers to regulations designed to make groups function well, including norms, etiquette, and cultural traditions; and (c) psychological, which refers to individual autonomy and prerogatives, including self-concept, personal decision making, and individual discretion (Turiel, 1983(Turiel, , 1998(Turiel, , 2006. Recently, these categories have been used by researchers to examine when children view stereotypic expectations from groups (e.g., conventions) about gender-related peer activities as legitimate or unfair (e.g., morally legitimate; Killen, Sinno, & Margie, 2007;Smetana, 2006). These categories were applied in the present study to test children's evaluations of parental decisions concerning domestic division of chores in the family.…”