🎉 New paper w/ honors student Majo Guerrero & @lindseypowell.bsky.social:
4–7-year-olds did not expect girls to be more empathic than boys, nor did they judge girls more harshly for counter-empathizing, suggesting stereotypes about empathy may emerge later in development.
doi.org/10.1080/1524...
This study investigated whether children exhibit gendered expectations and evaluations of empathy, exploring the developmental origins of stereotypes observed in adults. A sample of 112 children (M...
