A group of 5-year-old children are shown pictures of children engaged in activities that violate common gender stereotypes,such as girls playing with toy vehicles and boys playing with dolls. If the children are questioned a few days later, gender schema theory would predict that they:

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Gender schema theory predicts that children will remember information that fits their existing gender schemas, and disregard or forget information that violates these schemas. Therefore, the children are likely to recall seeing the boys playing with trucks and cars and the girls playing with dolls, as these images fit their gender stereotypes.

A Group of 5-Year-Old Children Are Shown Pictures of Children