BUSSEY AND BANDURA

• WHAT WAS THE SAMPLE OF BUSSEY AND BANDURA'S STUDY?

  20 boys and 20 girls (aged 2.5 - 4.7)
• WHAT DID PARTICIPANTS DO IN BUSSEY AND BANDURA'S STUDY?

  completed a variety of tasks that assessed attitudes to sex roles, stereotypical behaviour and cross-sex behaviour

  -> rate/ play with specific toys
• FINDINGS OF BUSSEY AND BANDURA'S STUDY?

  • older children reacted self-critically to cross-sex behaviour
  • boys were more self-critical than girls (didn't want to play with dolls and threw them away)