@article{ref1,
title="Sex-role perception, portrayal, and preference in the fantasy play of young children",
journal="Sex roles",
year="1981",
author="Matthews, Wendy Schempp",
volume="7",
number="10",
pages="979-987",
abstract="The naturalistic observation of role-taking behavior in 90 spontaneously occurring (i.e., unelicited) fantasy play episodes of 16 4-year-old children in same-sex paired interaction revealed (1) a differential perception of male, female, parental, and conjugal roles, particularly in terms of competence; (2) the accuracy, depth, and breadth of their sex-role portrayals; and (3) a preference for same-sex role-play. The assimilative and accommodative functions of roleplay in the early acquisition of sex role are discussed, as well as the degree of decentration required for the roleplay activities to occur.<p />",
language="en",
issn="0360-0025",
doi="10.1007/BF00288499",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00288499"
}