APS
2023 APS Annual Convention · 2023
Children Eat More from Gender-Consistent Plates
- Heather Macalister
Mary Baldwin University - Katlin Schiefelbein
Mary Baldwin University - Maisie Whiting
Western Albemarle High School
Abstract
In this 2x2 between-subjects design, 94 kindergarten and first-grade students were individually presented with either gender-consistent plates (unicorn for girls; dinosaur for boys) or gender-inconsistent plates (the reverse) and asked to serve themselves cheese cubes. Participants took and ate significantly more cheese cubes from the gender-consistent plates.
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