Re: prolepsis

Mike Cole (mcole who-is-at weber.ucsd.edu)
Fri, 26 Jan 1996 08:27:02 -0800 (PST)

Hello Stephanie-- Yes, there is ample data to show that newborns are
treated according to adult conceptions of gender, not their personal
characteristics.

To anyone intersted, a fuller treatment of the way that prolepsis works
is contained in a review article on "culture and development" in the
Bornstein and Lamb (1992?) Advanced Textbook in Child Development.
mike