Babygirlsmaketheirwaytodollsassoonastheycancrawl,whileboyswillheadforthetoycars,astudyhasshown.Thefindings,thefirsttoshowconsistentdifferencesinveryyoungbabies,suggestthereisabiologicalbasistotheirpre
Babygirlsmaketheirwaytodollsassoonastheycancrawl,whileboyswillheadforthetoycars,astudyhasshown.Thefindings,thefirsttoshowconsistentdifferencesinveryyoungbabies,suggestthereisabiologicalbasistotheirpreferences.
PsychologistsDrBrendaToddfromCityUniversityLondoncarriedoutanexperimentinvolving90babiesagedninemonthsto36months.Theywereallowedtochoosefromseventoys.Somewereboys'toys-acar,adigger,aballandablueteddy.Therestweregirls'toys:apinkteddy,adollandacookingset.Theywereplacedameterawayfromthetoys,andcouldpickwhichevertoytheyliked.Theirchoiceandtheamountoftimetheyspentplayingwitheachtoywererecorded.
Oftheyoungestchildren (nineto14months),girlsspentmuchlongerplayingwiththedollthanboys,andboysspentmuchmoretimewiththecarandballthanthegirlsdid.Amongthetwo-andthree-year-olds,girlsspent50percentofthetimeplayingwiththedollwhileonlytwoboysbrieflytouchedit.Theboysspentalmost90percentoftheirtimeplayingwithcars,whichthegirlsbarelytouched.Therewasnolinkbetweentheparents'viewonwhichtoysweremoreappropriateforboysorgirls,andthechildren'schoice.
DrBrendaToddsaid:"Childrenofthisagearealreadyexposedtomuchsocialization.Boysmaybegiven‘toysthatgo'whilegirlsgettoystheycancarefor,whichmayhelpshapetheirpreference.Butthesefindingsagreewiththeformerideathatchildrenshownaturalinterestsinparticularkindsoftoys.Therecouldbeabiologicalbasisfortheirchoices.Malesthroughevolutionhavebeenadaptedtoprefermovingobjects,probablythroughhuntinginstincts(本能),whilegirlspreferwarmercolorssuchaspink,thecolorofanewbornbaby."
4.Babyboysandgirlshavedifferenttoypreferencesprobablybecause___.
A.babyboysaremuchmoreactive
B.babygirlslikebrightcolorsmore
C.parentshaveaneffectontheirviews
D.theremaybeabiologicaldifference
5.Bothbabyboysandbabygirlsliketoplaywith___accordingtothestudy.
A.aball
B.ateddy
C.acar
D.adoll
6.WhatcanweinferfromParagraph3?___
A.Nine-month-oldbabyboysd