Todd,a 6-year-old boy,sees a girl down the street performing amazing aerial acrobatics on her skateboard.Later,he tells his mom he saw a BOY doing neat tricks on his skateboard.According to the findings of Martin and Halverson (1983),why didn't Todd tell the truth?

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Martin and Halverson's (1983) gender schema theory suggests that children develop gender schemas, or mental frameworks for understanding gender, based on societal beliefs and expectations. These schemas can cause children to remember and interpret information in gender-consistent ways, which can lead to gender-stereotyped behavior and memory distortion. In this case, Todd's gender schema may have led him to remember the skateboarder as a boy, since skateboarding is often seen as a more masculine activity.

Todd,a 6-Year-Old Boy,sees a Girl Down the Street Performing Amazing