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SUMMARY:Sex-typed preferences are not universal: An experimental test of c
 hildren's toy and colour preferences in Peruvian Amazon Basin and Vanuatu 
 kastom villages - Jac Davis\, University of Cambridge
DTSTART:20171010T120000Z
DTEND:20171010T130000Z
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CONTACT:Dr. Juliet Foster
DESCRIPTION:Sex-typed toy and colour preferences\, such as boys' preferenc
 es for toy vehicles and for blue\, and girls' preferences for dolls and fo
 r pink\, are so common that they might be considered an evolved human adap
 tation. However\, before preferences can be considered an adaptation\, the
 y must be shown to be universal across all human cultures. Toy and colour 
 preferences were tested in 331 children\, across four cultural contexts: k
 astom villages and a school in Tanna Island in Vanuatu\; Shipibo villages 
 in the Ucayali River region of the Peruvian Amazon\; and children in a lar
 ge\, industrialised city in Australia. Results found no culturally-univers
 al sex-specific preferences for toys or colours. There may be more general
 \, underlying complex systems that produce emergent preferences that are d
 ifferent depending on the environmental context. This evidence suggests th
 at future research on the origin and development of sex-typed preferences 
 should look beyond specific preferences\, and consider more general proces
 ses\, to explain gender development.
LOCATION:Ground Floor Lecture Theatre\, Department of Psychology\, Downing
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