The text reports a study in which female college students interacted with a 6-month-old infant who was either a boy or a girl, and who was dressed as either a boy or a girl. (For example, sometimes a boy was dressed as a boy, sometimes he was dressed as a girl.) Results showed that the college students were more likely to treat a baby as a boy when:

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The study found that the college students were more likely to treat the baby as a boy when the baby was dressed as a boy, regardless of the baby's actual sex. This suggests that gender stereotypes play a significant role in how we perceive and interact with infants.

The Text Reports a Study in Which Female College Students